Blind Blog

I apologize for not posting this week. While in fact I have been quite busy, I have the China blogger's best excuse: my site seems to be blocked for the time being. For the last couple of days, I and other Blogspot & YouTube users here have been unable to fully access those sites. I can get to the edit page of Blogger, for instance, but I cannot actually see my own blog or my neighbor's blog, Face the Sun. It's not just China-based blogs - I also can't get to other blogs.

So, I post today without being able to see how my content will actually look on the site. I do not know why Blogger & YouTube have suddenly been shut down in China, but my best guess is it's in solidarity with/ deference to the King of Thailand. Apparently someone posted video/ pictures with graffiti and feet on the image of the King, prompting the Royal Thai Government to cut off Google in Thailand. Since that happened around the same time we lost full Blogger access here, I'm guessing the Chinese are being supportive.

Shanghaist.com and some others reported Blogspot was blocked a couple of weeks ago, but I did not experience any trouble at that time.

I hope to post another entry later today, but please bear with me if the blogging is a little slow this week. I apologize in advance for any spelling/ grammar errors - it's hard to proofread when I can't read the blog.