[Dog Gone]

I would have guessed that Free Republic was one of the internet sites blocked by the government. Are you posting directly from China?

[Ma Li]

Yes, I can read Free Republic directly. They only block sites that Chinese people would read and understand, and there isn't much chance they would find or be able to get the gist of Free Republic. I use FR for news! I can't get much here, as you can imagine, and if I go through links people post, I can get on sites otherwise blocked.

Mostly they block CNN, (who cares about that?), BBC if they don't like what's being said, anything from Taiwan or Singapore and lots of the Japanese news sites. New York Times, Washington Post, etc are blocked periodically. I've been here nearly 5 years, and they tighten and loosen in cycles.