The stupid Chinese censors closed us down again. No international internet access as of late yesterday afternoon, and no access to my own web site. And this time it wasn’t enough to simply change the ssh port. After help from my server provider in the US, I changed IP address and that did it. I’m back online again — Google docs, Twitter, and everything.
What’s slightly worrying about this is that it seems that I’m being personally targeted. That is, my web site is on the blacklist together with New York Times and all those others. I have no illusion that I can actually win this battle. I can’t compete with Chinese math geeks. If they targeted my IP once, they can do it again.
Why they want to make it impossible to access the web sites I need for my work is beyond me. Why invite foreigners to come to China and not allow them to do their work?