There is no evidence they are intentionally blocking the startup. If it was it could be for safety/trust issues as your files are uploaded to a third party, and viruses can be spread easily as files are synced in realtime.
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#32we're bummed about this. it's probably a fruitless exercise, but does anyone have any insight into how to get unblocked?
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#33is this kind of activity by the Chinese government really sustainable or will the ever-increasing flow of information win-out? personally, i think it's only a matter of time.
its a holding action...not sustainable...hopefully, they'll pull out of this heavy-handed tailspin they've been in the past year...but...this behavior is mostly driven by fear of problems with the wide economic divides and its going to be a long time before things get better on that front...so no telling where this all leads.
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#34just one thought on this situation: why don't Chinese netizens protest loudly against such policies??
> "why don't Chinese netizens protest loudly against such policies??" Here in the West we take the right to protest quite for granted, as this post demonstrates :) Not ragging on you at all, really, but who exactly would the Chinese protest to? How would they do so? And what would prevent them from being jailed or worse for their efforts?
What is puzzling to me is that although there are literally millions of Chinese people living abroad, apparently there's hardly any human-rights activism done by Chinese expats. I'd love to hear of counterexamples.
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#35just one thought on this situation: why don't Chinese netizens protest loudly against such policies??
once upon a time, they did: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/
I always hoped that poor fellow ended up ok after that. My gut tells me that no one ever heard from him again. I don't think any other photograph defines courage as much as that one.
As for the business restrictions, what can you do? I do admire companies like Google that can take a moral stand against Beijing's censorship.
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#36It's sad how the Chinese government don't seem to realize that they're impeding their own people's progress and global competitiveness, especially for business that requires innovation and speed, with such moves.
In many cases, blocking foreign sites is an opportunity for a Chinese home-grown competitor. Blocking sites that only foreigners use isn't impeding business much.
If you want to target China as a market, you have to have a company there and pay into the system to play. You don't get to run your U.S. or EU web site and have users/revenue grow in China without taking a chance that you will get blocked. Them's are the rules...without regard to censorship...China takes care of China.
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#37we're bummed about this. it's probably a fruitless exercise, but does anyone have any insight into how to get unblocked?
yeah, email chris or me -- we've done it before.
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#38how bout drop.io? are they blocked as well?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
> "why don't Chinese netizens protest loudly against such policies??" Here in the West we take the right to protest quite for granted, as this post demonstrates :) Not ragging on you at all, really, but who exactly would the Chinese protest to? How would they do so? And what would prevent them from being jailed or worse for their efforts?
What is puzzling to me is that although there are literally millions of Chinese people living abroad, apparently there's hardly any human-rights activism done by Chinese expats. I'd love to hear of counterexamples.
I've seen plenty
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#40Chinese gov is ridiculous. My girlfriend made a one word posting on the Chinese clone of facebook that read "freedom". The post disappeared in minutes and she received a private message warning her that her account may be deleted if she continues making such posts. One upside is that Chinese people seem to be a little more tech savvy. ie. many of them are forced to learn about proxy servers so they can go around the…
I guess Chinese Newspeak doesn't have "freedom" in it. And I thought 1984 was bad :(
I've been re-reading 1984 and almost posted a comparison until I read your comment.