Sometimes it's just too much

**ChinaV** · 06-24-2009, 11:35 PM

Good morning world, how are you today? I wouldn't know because I can't access anything that ends in google.com

So your words at gmail do not come through.... mail.google.com
Your pictures at picasa have vanished.... picasa.google.com
The news does not show.... news.google.com
I can't search to find a reason or solution.... www.google.com
I would try to find a way out, but there's no maps.google.com
and YouTube, well that's been gone for months.

I think it would be fun if all the countries of the world banned Chinese imports for a couple weeks... randomly... without explanation... with no means of correcting the ban...

I don't know who's worse at this point... the western powers that cower in fear of loosing a few bucks in China, or the Chinese government that embarrases itself by insinuating it's people are too weak to handle the inconvenient truths of the internet.

A pretty sad lot the whole bunch of us.

Cheers
ChinaV

**slabo** · 06-24-2009, 11:44 PM

That seemed to be only last night. Now seems ok.I could not really believe it, so i thought i go to sleep and check what other people say.
So what if there is no Google ? Suddenly, finish !!
I think a lot of people would loose their job.

Because then you really have to start thinking for yourself, instead of "research"

I am trying not to complain about China because i plan to live here for some time .. I am trying, trying very hard to think like a Chinese. I have seldom seen any Chinese complain!

Cheers.

**ZMC888** · 06-25-2009, 01:39 AM

The weather is 38-40 centigrade here, but the government says the temperature is 30-32.

If you can disprove the government with a 5 RMB exterior thermometer from Walmart...OMG.

The government should go and force thermometer companies that make these evil exterior thermometers that are destabilizing China to recalibrate to make their readings more acceptable....................

I still have no google except for google.cn

**felix** · 06-25-2009, 09:35 AM

slabo, you only see laowais complaining because we actually have a use for google and all its tools. chinese don't complain because they don't give a flying f*ck about google!

in a broader sense, it's the same thing with freedom. sort of...

**CrazyCarl** · 06-25-2009, 02:17 PM

China is definitely one of those places that has more going on that what is immediately evident. I think it was a kind of testing or poking to see what people's reactions would be.

Either that or Google really is the mastermind behind a secret porn distribution empire.

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**Nuhaus** · 06-25-2009, 04:07 PM

I'm using hotspot shield (which is available from anchorfree.com) and Firefox. Hotspot will give you popups but Firefox mostly keeps things under control. Lets me use Google, Youtube, and Hotmail without fail.

**chromedioxide** · 06-25-2009, 05:18 PM

Try running firefox with foxxy proxxy add-on. That should get everything working once you everything configurated.

**Nick in PRC.** · 07-06-2009, 04:04 AM

Originally Posted by slabo

I am trying, trying very hard to think like a Chinese.

Can you acquire Narcolepsy ?

**bigdamo** · 07-27-2009, 10:23 AM

Try 3 weeks without total internet.

And staring down the barrel of another 2-3 months with out it.

It really just makes me just want to go home.

3-4 months is generally my limit for staying in China and this strech is really testing me.

I nearly punched out a cop a week ago.

My wife said I could not handle Xinjiang.I'm starting to think she is right.

**CrazyCarl** · 07-27-2009, 01:14 PM

BigD,

No doubt it's a crazy and rugged place even without the recent events. Maybe you could go chill at a buddy's place in the Eastern half for a few weeks?

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