Ni Jian's journal

China lifted the ban on access to international blogging services

After I complained in one previous post Access to major weblog hosting services blocked in China, I was more than happy when my friends in China informed me that the access to my weblogs are OK before the end of 2005.  At least I heard access to Typepad or Blogger was not a problem any more.

Access to major weblog hosting services blocked in China

My friends in China complained to me that they can not visit my blogs (hosted by Typepad), which unfortunately confirmed the rumor I heard some time ago - that the access to some hosted blogs (Typepad, Blogger, etc) has been blocked by Chinese government.  It's too bad because I am trying to build my blogs as the primary source to keep in touch with my family members and friends in China.

It seems I have to open an account with one of hosting service providers within the great 'China firewall'.  However, I have not found one that can be accessed from Europe with reasonable speed and supports ATOM interface so that I can posts from my mobile with Nokia Lifeblog.