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[esmenet]

So, it appears I will (probably) be going to China this fall! For a year. Eeeeeeee! \o/ And also ack. But. Yay!


Gentlepeople, would you happen to have a recently-updated list of websites blocked/not blocked in mainland China? So far I am steeling myself for a lack of YouTube, Tumblr, PirateBay, and Twitter. (Also, if any of you would be willing & able to tell me how to create rss feeds for certain tumblrs, twitters, etc. that would be amazing.)

I am trusting y'all to give me download links to Korra & similar while I'm there, btw.

Comments

[the_glow_worm]

I've spent a couple of summers in China. Facebook is definitely, absolutely, completely blocked, but I'm told there are some proxies you can use to access it anyway. I was never there long enough to be invested enough to look for any, but I can ask around for you if you like.

Tumblr, though, isn't blocked at all in China! In fact, there's a lot of Chinese tumblr users, so you needn't worry on that front. As for accessing Korra, piracy laws in China are way lax. You'll be able to find a high-quality stream the day of, probably. I watched a DVD-quality stream of Up on youku the week it came out in theaters. So I don't think you'll miss PirateBay much either.

Check out the Wikipedia article on it.

[esmenet]

I don't use Facebook, so it's okay.

On one hand, yay, Tumblr! On the other hand, oh no, Tumblr. I swear my productivity has gone down by more than half since I started using that site.

Thank you!

[littlebutfierce]

Wow, exciting!!

PS. Some thoughts in this post that might be of use?

[esmenet]

Thank you!

[ninasafiri]

Woah! Congrats! Have fun in China :D

[tropicsbear]

http://www.dreamwidth.org/feeds/

Just plug in the feed URL you want in the space and there you go :)

[esmenet]

Thank you!