i was in china when it happened, i was like WTF???
i tought that the site was off for some time but after a week of it i knew china had another victim.
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HOW DARE THOSE CHINESE F***KERS BLOCK US?!!
Seriously, what did we do? It's not like we're bad or anything. Having an entire country block us sucks @$$ (especially if it's the one with the biggest population). I'm sure glad I'm not Chinese. I can see anything I want anywhere on the Internet.
If I ever learn to hack, the chinese government is gonna be #1 on my hit-list.
Well, just the People's Republic of China....not those autonomus regions (Hong Kong, and Macau), or the Republic of China (Taiwan).....It's all fucked up and stupid out there. Socialism just doesn't work.
Well you know this might be a good thing... there are sweatshops in China for just about anything, it would only have been a matter of time until they came up with one for Newgrounds. Just Imagine: two hundred people sitting in a factory, all voting 5 or 0 on every flash that comes out instantly...
And because of this people seem to think you are working with the Chinese mafia on a plan to blow up the world. That sucks though that they blocked newgrounds.
Tom, it's a communist country. They don't always apply the best possible judgment in deciding what they block. (Just like the comic code)
Ah, that sucks.
I feel for those guys, currently being in a country that blocked Newgrounds for a while once. Fortunately, the government here has made a rather smart move and cut down on the censorship of such sites as NG and YouTube (which was also recently blocked).
I CAN HELP YOU UNBLOCK NEWGROUNDS IN CHINA!
BOTH VIEWS
First of all you should understand both views. Your view seems to be that everything should be uncensored. Their view is that unsuitable content must be blocked. I must say that I agree with what China does partially, I see why they do what they do, although I must admit blocking the whole site is a bit too much. (but much easier than employing many people to go over all submissions each day and blocking unsuitable ones).
REASON WHY BLOCKED
The most likely reason why it is blocked is that this site grants evereyone the possibility accessing every single submission, even pornographic. I would also like to express my concern about collections of excessive violence, which include submissions on how to commit suicide, and how much fun it is to kill people. I dont think anyone should be exposed to such flash. There is still a lot of offensive flash, not only sexual and violent, but also political. Especially a positive portrayal of Hitler in some flash and excessive criticism on China...
POSSIBILITY TO UNBLOCK
They are not going to lower their censorship pollicies because of Beijing Olympics, and they will also not let Tibet gain indepence. No normal country gives away territory unless defeated. Therefore the only way out
WIKIPEDIA
Wikipedia was blocked by China as well, but now it isn't anymore. Well the Chinese version is blocked, but other languages are enabled. This has probably have to do with the fact that educated people are less likely to fall for brainwashing and propaganda and the western media is full of bias and innaccuracy towards "certain" countries. Wikipedia has been unblocked, Newgrounds can be unblocked as well!
MILLIONS OF POTENTIAL NEWGROUNDERS
Almost 1.3 billion people live in China and although there is a small proportion of internet users. this still amounts to 100.000.000 internet users. It would be good idea to expand the exposure into China once again.
POST SCRIPTUM
If you are interested in unblocking newgrounds in China you better contact me via e-mail or MSN. But it will be important that you will cooperate with Chinese authorities. Most likely pornographic and violent content will remain blocked and some words will be filtered to block access.
My MSN is: bai.long@hotmail.com
No more Far East Flash? (Except Japan and Corea)
You should go to bed!
KungFuCow
I know the feeling of adjusting to sleeping in differing time zones because I visit Lithuania nearly every summer, it sucks, but you adjust quick.
Also, I just today got my stickers. The Comic-Con 07 card and the Tankmen + Pico stickers are awesome! Thanks Tom : )