(Tuesday afternoon) It seems AsiaPundit, Glutter, BillsDue and a number of other sites are presently not directly accessible from Shanghai or Chengdu. I’m not sure if this is temporary or not, although my initial impression is that the ban on TypePad-hosted sites may have been restored.
Simon World can still be read from Shanghai, although not in Chengdu. (UPDATE: Simon is live in Chengdu, see comments)
I’d appreciate it if China-based visitors who can access would comment on whether this site is blocked in your region.
(UPDATE Tuesday 20:30) Verified through a tech-savvy friend on the Shanghai webloggers list, TypePad is down in Shanghai.
traceroute to myrick.typepad.com (66.151.149.10), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 61.129.160.23 (61.129.160.23) 114.666 ms 117.983 ms 110.307 ms
2 61.129.160.17 (61.129.160.17) 111.148 ms 109.862 ms 109.946 ms
3 0ge1-0-jnpr-tp.online.sh.cn (202.109.39.196) 110.308 ms 107.446 ms 109.946 ms
4 202.109.0.150 (202.109.0.150) 102.434 ms 99.923 ms 100.047 ms
5 202.101.63.234 (202.101.63.234) 120.229 ms 122.730 ms 107.040 ms
6 * * *
7 * * *
It’s probably getting filtered at the national firewall?
Unabrewer reports via e-mail that we’ve lost Haining… one or two days ago.
(WEDNESDAY MORNING) At the Peking Duck,
it’s noted in the comments that TypePad sites are inaccessible in
Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou - as well as Lianyungang, Jiangsu
Province.
(WEDS AFTERNOON) Andrea has noted via e-mail that TypePad sites are also down in Xiamen.
Imagethief reports that
there is an outage of ’some’ TypePad sites in Beijing. Also a post in the
comments notes that TypePad sites are blocked in Xinjiang and Sam of Shenzhen Ren says TypePad sites have been down for a few days. It seems Haining
and Shenzhen were hit before Beijing and Shanghai (being a novice, I’m
wondering if it’s taking things a while to spread through the system).
Noting the filtering of ESWN, Will says the system seems to be stopping specific content.:
"In effect, the system is doing just what you think. Part-way through
the transmission it’s identifying the site as prohibited, either via
content filtering (seems likely in this case) or IP/URL/DNS blocking
(less likely since these would prevent even a fragment from loading).
I’ve trapped the incoming page a couple of times with browser tricks,
and it always cuts off at the same place."
Also, on the blocking of some sites and not others:
A
quick experiment reveals that Typepad blogs, China or otherwise, with
“typepad” in the domain name (e.g. blog.typepad.com) are blocked,
although Typepad-hosted blogs that have their own domain names are
sometimes (not always) accessible, as are Typepad hosted blogs carrying
the old “blogs.com” domain. Asiapundit uses its own domain name, but is
still unaccessible. The variation in who is blocked and who is not may
have to do with the IP ranges that Typepad uses, rather than domain
names, especially if it incorporated other blogging services at various
times.
With that, the TypePad block seems to be national. Although it’s not
catching everything and some domain-mapped sites are getting through.
More disturbing are the
reported blocks in some areas on Horse’s Mouth, Simon World and the
filtering of ESWN. These are not TypePad hosted and that could mean
more advanced filtering has been activated.
Thank you Cisco.
June 21st, 2005 at 8:48 pm
I just left a post on my blog asking readers to confirm whether or not they can access your blog. If not, I’ve asked them to leave a comment on my post.
(at least I can comment through this proxy browser)
June 21st, 2005 at 8:50 pm
Roll Call for Typepad hosted sites
Asiapundit fears that an across-the-board ban my have been reimplemented on Typepad accounts.
June 22nd, 2005 at 1:57 am
Vous pouvez me lire en Chine ?
Il semble que certains blogs TypePad soient
June 22nd, 2005 at 1:58 am
Anybody reading this blog from China ?
It looks like some TypePad blogs are blocked again in China. Anybody there who can access this blog or other TypePad blogs ? (thanks, Rebecca)
June 22nd, 2005 at 7:49 am
The Great Firewall
Typepad blogs are now apparently blocked here.
here and here
June 22nd, 2005 at 9:11 am
China blog block
Asiapundit is reporting that Typepad blogs are blocked again in China. Gordon is reporting that this site is blocked in Chengdu, but Chris says it is viewable in Shanghai and others report it viewable in Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. These sites are…
June 22nd, 2005 at 10:04 am
China blog block
Asiapundit is reporting that Typepad blogs are blocked again in China. Gordon is reporting that this site is blocked in Chengdu, but Chris says it is viewable in Shanghai and others report it viewable in Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. These sites are…
June 22nd, 2005 at 12:32 pm
Around The ‘Sphere June 22, 2005
Links are from sites with varying viewpoints. Opinions expressed do not necessarily express the views of TMV or its co-bloggers.
June 22nd, 2005 at 5:57 pm
Simon World is now accessable in Chengdu, but no such luck for Asiapundit.
June 22nd, 2005 at 7:03 pm
Chinese Censorship, American Corporate Assistance
AsiaPundit notes that at least some TypePad blogs are being blocked by the People’s Republic of China. Technical details
June 22nd, 2005 at 7:04 pm
Chinese Censorship, American Corporate Assistance
AsiaPundit notes that at least some TypePad blogs are being blocked by the People’s Republic of China. Technical details
June 22nd, 2005 at 11:34 pm
What? SimonWorld not accesible? Wow… :\
June 23rd, 2005 at 4:03 am
Typepad Blogs Blocked in China
Rebecca MacKinnon and Asiapundit are reporting (and have confirmed) that all typepad blogs are being blocked by the great firewall of China. The twist to this story is that Cisco Systems (a US company) developed the filtering technology.
June 23rd, 2005 at 11:32 am
Live from Dayton, again.
The upside and the downside to deployed milbloggers - the war is real, and they are at risk. Speedy recovery, Chuck. H/t CAPT H. It would appear that the Chinese government is up to it’s usual tricks. SondraK has an…
June 24th, 2005 at 2:29 am
China cracks down on blogging . . . again
Myrick calls for help tracking access for Chinese blogs, as several Chinese blogs have become inaccessible from major cities in China. “Sponsors of the current crackdown include . . .”…
June 30th, 2005 at 9:13 pm
Live from Dayton, again.
The upside and the downside to deployed milbloggers - the war is real, and they are at risk. Speedy recovery, Chuck. H/t CAPT H. It would appear that the Chinese government is up to it’s usual tricks. SondraK has an…
July 2nd, 2005 at 8:23 pm
REPORT: Simon World is now accessable in Shanghai, so as Asiapundit.
July 7th, 2005 at 2:09 am
China cracks down on blogging . . . again
Myrick calls for help tracking access for Chinese blogs, as several Chinese blogs have become inaccessible from major cities in China. “Sponsors of the current crackdown include . . .”…
January 18th, 2006 at 9:56 am
Strange. I’ve received like 23 referal hits today from this post alone.
More traffic from you Dutch friends?