The silly goons blocking a whole range of websites don’t give a damn about serious business. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, plus plus are blocked. They don’t realize that those sites are more and more used for serious business. Chambers of commerce, Rotary, associations etc. use those sites to put up instructive videos, link clubs and interests, announce activities, give last-minute information. Many people use gmail or hotmail, then suddenly they can’t go there. Others put pictures on Flickr. Gone.
Putting all those obstacles in our daily work is counterproductive.
The government wants to attract companies to set up their regional headquarters here? Great location! High speed Internet going nowhere. If I can call my ADSL “high speed” of course. Rather a (Chinese) bike than a sports car.
Of course, one can argue that the sad events taking place in Xinjiang justify those extreme measures.