Adventure Entry 2 and Censorship in China

Written at 11.30pm 29 November.

And I've decided to post it up now as I was unable to post the entry at the time of writing.

Without further ado; Adventure Entry 2.

So, as I have been without internet for the past few days, I began to feel the withdrawal symptoms kick in.

I couldn't stand it for much longer so I managed to wheedle my Dad into purchasing 24hrs access to Internet from the hotel.
Quick update: I'm in Jiuzhaigou at the moment, a nature reserve in the north of sichuan which is the south-western part of China. Super-pretty and nice.

Nevertheless, onto my dilemma.

I eagerly opened Internet Explorer, in order to check Facebook, update Twitter, the usual.
Make some form of communication with the outerworld.
And to my complete horror, I found I couldn't log into any of the afore mentioned sites.
I couldn't even access Blogspot.

I had forgotten China's censorship laws.
As a result, I turned to trusty Google to try and overcome this slight problem.
I entered "how to use facebook in China" into the search box.
And clicked on a few links that came up.
Then, lo and behold, of course, to my suprise, yet again, even those sites were blocked.

Honestly China, you and your censorship laws. Maybe you're taking it a bit far.

I'm a huge advocator for freedom of speech and freedom of internet. And I do think that accessing Facebook doesn't quite mean I'm about to set up an anti-government movement, or anything close to it.

It wasn't even on my mind. Honest.

Though maybe I'm responding so strongly because I'm a foreigner and a vistor to China and I'm simply not used to the censorhip.
Maybe for residents and citizens of China, it is just a way of life.
And something to be accepted.

The more I think about it, the more I think I probably shouldn't make comments or judge China's censorship laws.
Especially as I don't know all the information regarding the censorship laws.
And I don't know what the opinions of the citizens of China are regarding the censorhip.

Well, because I can't access Facebook or Blogspot, I've turned to posting up my rant offline, and then waiting till I am able to post my entry on the internet.


Signing off, GenerallyJen.

Jennifun Fact:

Where I am at the moment; Jiuzhaigou, has an altitude of roughly 3,000m. I don't think I'm used to the altitude and so I haven't been feeling 100% lately. Nauseous, headache-y and a brisk 500m walk tires me out.
It makes me feel extremely fit.