BBC news unblocked in China

This is pretty big news, though as I've said before, unsurprising in the run up to the Olympics which will see tens of thousands of International journalists in Beijing. They don't want a lot of angry writers on their hands and not allowing them to see their own news sites would certainly be one way to be sure of firey words!

My only hope is that when they discover that China doesn't fall apart when a free flow of press is allowed that perhaps they won't shut everything back down after the games.

(On the other hand, there's this)

Net censorship to be removed - briefly

Yep, kind of inevitable. As I've said before, China and in particular Beijing is going to be a spotless paradise for the time around the Olympics after which the pollution will roll back and the net nanny will resume her duty. From the Peking Duck

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After the previous slightly low post I took myself off to a local Chinese restaurant where I was doted upon and made to feel much better. In the mood to tackle these problems now...