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So, combining these two statements, it seems that they blocked both sites 30 minutes before the article was posted in Chinese? If that's true, it's disappointi

by Claudus 14y ago

So, combining these two statements, it seems that they blocked both sites 30 minutes before the article was posted in Chinese? If that's true, it's disappointing the Times didn't do a simultaneous release in anticipation of the block. "HONG KONG — The Chinese government swiftly blocked access Friday morning to the English-language and Chinese-language Web sites of The New York Times" "By 7 a.m. Friday in China, access to both the English- and Chinese-language Web sites of The Times was blocked (...). The Times had posted the article in English at 4:34 p.m. on Thursday in New York (4:34 a.m. Friday in Beijing), and finished posting the article in Chinese three hours later after the translation of final edits to the English-language version."

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- Vivtek 14y ago
  No, the second statement says it was posted at 4:34 in English, and three hours later in Chinese (about 7:30), half an hour after it had been blocked in both versions.
- nitrogen 14y ago
  The OP was saying that the original English article was posted 3 hours before the Chinese version, giving the Chinese government time to block NYT before the Chinese language version was published.
w1ntermute 14y ago
> So, combining these two statements, it seems that they blocked both sites 30 minutes before the article was posted in Chinese? Their censors probably read the English version and preemptively blocked the Chinese site as well, (correctly) assuming a translation would be posted. > If that's true, it's disappointing the Times didn't do a simultaneous release in anticipation of the block. I'm not sure how helpful that would've been. It would've still given them only a few hours in the early morning before the site was blocked. And posting the Chinese version at the same time probably would've resulted in the block coming faster too.

by Claudus 14y ago

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Vivtek 14y ago
No, the second statement says it was posted at 4:34 in English, and three hours later in Chinese (about 7:30), half an hour after it had been blocked in both versions.
nitrogen 14y ago
The OP was saying that the original English article was posted 3 hours before the Chinese version, giving the Chinese government time to block NYT before the Chinese language version was published.

w1ntermute 14y ago

> So, combining these two statements, it seems that they blocked both sites 30 minutes before the article was posted in Chinese? Their censors probably read the English version and preemptively blocked the Chinese site as well, (correctly) assuming a translation would be posted. > If that's true, it's disappointing the Times didn't do a simultaneous release in anticipation of the block. I'm not sure how helpful that would've been. It would've still given them only a few hours in the early morning before the site was blocked. And posting the Chinese version at the same time probably would've resulted in the block coming faster too.