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I'm confused, how did her website get around the restricted internet in China? The article mentions there are other similar baby naming websites, but China does
by skizm 10y ago
I'm confused, how did her website get around the restricted internet in China? The article mentions there are other similar baby naming websites, but China does not have access to them . What makes her site special?
- pja 10y agoHer site is hosted in HK. Maybe it’s on the right side of the Great Firewall of China?
- wnscooke 10y agoThe .cn strongly suggests it is on the right side!
- imron 10y agoIt most likely doesn't. I'm sure the other naming websites aren't blocked either and the line about restricted Chinese internet sites was just 'journalistic licence'. The reason her site is more popular among Chinese is likely to be a function of targeting Chinese people, rather than the other sites which are geared towards native English speakers.
- tantalor 10y agoGFoC does not block sites by default; it functions as a blacklist. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/quickly-check-site-visible-great-firewall-china/ http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/quickly-check-site-visible-grea... You can check any site here: http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org However, I could not find the website for "Special Name" to check; does it exist? Edit: Address is http://www.specialname.cn/; http://www.specialname.cn/; it was very hard to find on Google.
- vxNsr 10y agoIts actually in the top of the op article
- leephillips 10y agoI don't see it there.
- tantalor 10y agoOh, I see it now; ridiculous bold dark purple anchor style on bold text is impossible to notice.
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