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Google Video working in Beijing

Posted by Jeremy Goldkorn, May 8, 2008 9:34 AM

Popular blog host Blogspot is blocked again in China (see this Danwei post for chronology of Blogspot's availability in China).

On the other hand, Google Video seems to be working in China for the first time ever since it's launch. So you can, for example, watch this discussion from 2006 hosted by James Goodale with Rebecca MacKinnon and Timothy Wu titled: Did Google Sell Out in China?

Update: The embedding function still does not work in China. As readers have pointed out by email, Google Video's availability may be a result of Google policies, not the Net Nanny's interference.

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I'm getting a "This video is currently not available" message. If it's working in Beijing it's not working in Tianjin, which is odd.

Posted by: Matthew Stinson | May 8, 2008 10:18 AM

I discovered the availability of Google video a couple of weeks ago. In the past, the message was "This feature is not available in your country". As has been suggested, it seemed Google had it locked down rather than Nanny.

Posted by: Uncle Angel | May 8, 2008 11:58 AM

I cannot get to Wikipedia today :(

Posted by: Micah Sittig | May 11, 2008 11:28 AM

well, google video is working fine here in Rizhao, Shandong

Posted by: Shah Nawaz | May 15, 2008 11:13 PM