{"id":634,"date":"2007-10-05T21:59:22","date_gmt":"2007-10-05T20:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2007\/10\/05\/china-blocks-rss\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:32:36","slug":"china-blocks-rss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/china-blocks-rss\/","title":{"rendered":"China Blocks RSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9787,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/arstechnica.com\\\/news.ars\\\/post\\\/20071004-chinas-great-firewall-turns-its-attention-to-rss-feeds.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20081025031408\\\/http:\\\/\\\/arstechnica.com:80\\\/news.ars\\\/post\\\/20071004-chinas-great-firewall-turns-its-attention-to-rss-feeds.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 13:38:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-21 12:40:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-04 09:26:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-14 18:22:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-22 20:03:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 11:12:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-17 05:38:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 04:29:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-14 22:39:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-04 17:33:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 14:48:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 17:56:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 05:37:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 18:49:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 03:13:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 03:13:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I hate to sound like a broken record but in further efforts to &#8220;<em>create a harmonious and prosperous society<\/em>&#8221; China has begun to block RSS feeds in addition to their <a href=\"\/virtually-censored\/\">other<\/a> internet censorship measures [<a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/news.ars\/post\/20071004-chinas-great-firewall-turns-its-attention-to-rss-feeds.html\">via<\/a>]. From the communist party&#8217;s perspective, this makes perfect sense as RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a great way to stay up to date with the latest news and up till now has flown under the radar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of the year, you could read and subscribe to my blog in China with no problems at all. Now both images and feeds are blocked. I wonder how long before the whole thing&#8217;s out-of-bounds? It really makes me sad to see the internet being annexed like this; after all, its founding principles were to create a platform for free information exchange without borders or controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with blocking other major sites like Wikipedia, BBC News, and Flickr, this just marks another blow, especially in the run-up to the <a href=\"\/back-to-basics\/\">Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How about a nice propaganda video to round it all off:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chinese Army Remix\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v5QLZ4oj_6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>United States Population: 298,444,215<br \/>Chinese Womens&#8217; Army: 324,701,244<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hate to sound like a broken record but in further efforts to &#8220;create a harmonious and prosperous society&#8221; China has begun to block RSS feeds in addition to their other internet censorship measures [via]. 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