June 4, 2009 at 16:23Strike. Chinese sites closed "for repair"
About 350 Chinese sites were closed "for repair" from June 3 to 6. It was on these days 20 years ago that the Tiananmen Square massacre took place , which is carefully hushed up by the Chinese authorities, and any mention of it is prohibited in China.
Chinese sites that take part in the so-called “Chinese Internet Maintenance Day” do not mention Tiananmen in a word, because then they would be instantly closed, and site owners might be arrested. Therefore, on each site hangs a sign on the closure of "for repair." This state censors can not prohibit.
The list of sites that have joined the action is constantly updated on Twitter. Here is a summary table . Among the strikers - a rather popular analogue of Twitter Fanfou.com in Chinaand file sharing service VeryCD.com .
via Danwei
Chinese sites that take part in the so-called “Chinese Internet Maintenance Day” do not mention Tiananmen in a word, because then they would be instantly closed, and site owners might be arrested. Therefore, on each site hangs a sign on the closure of "for repair." This state censors can not prohibit.
The list of sites that have joined the action is constantly updated on Twitter. Here is a summary table . Among the strikers - a rather popular analogue of Twitter Fanfou.com in Chinaand file sharing service VeryCD.com .
via Danwei