It doesn’t take a genius to realise that the internet access to those living within China is quite different from the rest of the world. We all know about the China-bots and their task of blocking all anti-China websites, anything they don’t like or just because they feel like it.

So for someone who needs his/her daily internet fix, the lack of internet access could pose a problem. Thankfully though, BLCU (Beijing Language and Culture University) provides internet lines to dorms on campus, and it’s extremely easy to actually gain access to the internet even without those lines because of the multiple wireless internet cafe’s on and off campus.

The topic of what you can and can not access on the internet is another story though. During my time at BLCU I discovered that Xanga was fully blocked (I was going through my xanga stalking phase), and after a couple of days they blocked my blog too. On the other hand, I was able to access MySpace and Facebook.

My cousin told me to get around the China block by surfing the internet using Proxyless websites. This is the same thing you can do when you want to surf on blocked websites at work! There are quite a few around but they also seem to be riddled with pop-ups and overdosed on pay per click advertising. You have been warned.

If you happen to find a user friendly site…. Please let me know!!