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From: Frank A. Coluccio	1/1/2013 1:48:19 PM
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How China Is Sealing Holes in Its Internet Firewall By Philip Shishkin \| Bloomberg News \| Dec 30, 2012 Two things struck me when I first flew into Beijing: lack of sunlight and lack of Internet. The sun, on many days, hangs behind a haze of pollution, its light filtered down to a soupy dusk. The Internet is stuck behind a government firewall, its main offerings obstructed to those living in China. That neither the sun nor the Web is fully gone, merely crippled, makes dealing with their abbreviated selves especially annoying. You know their full versions are out there somewhere because they tease you most days. The sun’s orange halo might appear briefly at dawn, only to be engulfed by the smog. Gmail’s homepage might begin to load tentatively, only to stumble and freeze. Cont.: bloomberg.com Hat tip: Jaap van till ------

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