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Blogspot unblocked

Posted by Jeremy Goldkorn, December 11, 2007 6:04 PM

Blogspot.com, the Google-owned blog host, is accessible in Beijing right now. The website has been inaccessible since October 23 this year.

See this summary for details of the on-again off-again blocking of Blogspot over the last few years.

Thanks Nanny!

Update - December 12: Just a technical glitch it seems: Blogspot is no longer accessible in Beijing or, judging from the comments below, elsewhere in the country.

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Comments on Blogspot unblocked

It's also unblocked in Xiamen.

Posted by: amoiist | December 11, 2007 7:31 PM

Same for Shanghai, as I just found out by coincidence when I restarted my computer without turning on my proxy.

Posted by: Marc | December 11, 2007 7:35 PM

Re-blocked in Kunming, as of this morning. This seems to be the pattern with Blogspot. Every few weeks it'll be unblocked for about 24 hours and then re-blocked, as if the nanny was temporarily asleep on the switch.

Posted by: Matt Schiavenza | December 12, 2007 9:25 AM

A beijingren says they can't see my wordpress. Is WP viewable now too?

Posted by: Lazy Aussie | December 12, 2007 9:34 AM

Blocked again

Posted by: amoiist | December 12, 2007 10:24 AM

If it was unblocked in Nanjing, it's blocked again as of Wednesday morning. Sadly, I've almost forgotten why I even need Blogspot, which I suppose makes me a successful pawn in the Nanny's endgame.

Posted by: chengdude | December 12, 2007 11:22 AM

(5pm in Dashanzi): Blogspot is accessible

Posted by: Ed B | January 14, 2008 5:04 PM