Blocking of coding site has Chinese programmers up in arms
By , on January 23rd, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese censors might believe the Great Firewall is their best tool to block everything online that might threaten state security from outside. However, the wall has in fact become a powerful accelerator of social unrest within the country. The latest group of mainlanders angered by the GFW is the software developer community, as their favourite code-sharing site, GitHub, has been blocked since Monday afternoon. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Blocking of coding site has Chinese programmers up in arms
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Blocking of coding site has Chinese programmers up in arms
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese censors might believe the Great Firewall is their best tool to block everything online that might threaten state security from outside. However, the wall has in fact become a powerful accelerator of social unrest within the country. The latest group of mainlanders angered by the GFW is the software developer community, as their favourite code-sharing site, GitHub, has been blocked since Monday afternoon. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Blocking of coding site has Chinese programmers up in arms
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