Wikipedia Accessible in China After Year-Long Ban
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Wikipedia is once again accessible in China after being blocked since October 2005. Apparently, China routinely blocks access to web sites that it deems subversive and filters Internet pages for sensitive words. It was not only the encyclopedia’s content that worried the Chinese government, but Wikipedia’s open editorial process, which they say has a community-building effect among armchair editors who can quickly mobilize to create content. Despite the ban on Wikipedia, which anyone can edit, a small community of Chinese users had used proxy servers and other tricks to gain access to the site.
