Just now? I thought all news sites that they can't control are already blocked in some way. Some are keywords-triggered instead of fully blocked though.<p>There are always ways to "unblock" blocked websites. HTTPS (for anti-keyword-filtering), SSH Tunnels, VPNs, Proxies, Tor, they all had their presence in Chinese Internet history. And then the government are always able to either block or weaken methods that unblock blocked websites. It's an endless battle between the officials and citizens, or between dictatorship and freedom of speech.<p>I'm getting really bored. Here in HN, I'd love to see some technical article behind GFW[0] instead of yet another piece of news of some site blocked by it.<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Shield_Project" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Shield_Project</a>
and the Chinese government confiscated electronics equipment including the mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory sticks, DVDs and games consoles from Glenn Greenwald's partner...
Got it. No wonder.
Not surprisingly so the Guardian is the only newspaper in the western world that might wanna tell you the truth as is, and even take a shot or two while doing it.