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Roy Martin:
Soberxp can't get Rays writing's on bibletruths.com. He gets the web site but when he clicks on a topic he gets nothing. Can or will someone explain whats happening?

Roy

Dennis Vogel:
Doesn't he live in China?

The links are simple html. If he can see the home page he should be able to see the rest of the site.

Unless China is blocking everything but the homepage.

Kat:

Here is an excerpt of a article I found that may explain what is going on.  It's a few years old, but I think it is still probably relevant.

This article was published by F18News on: 21 July 2004

CHINA: Government blocks religious websites

Chinese web-users are denied access to a range of religious sites based abroad, Forum 18 News Service has found after a two-month survey of how far the Chinese government's Golden Shield firewall, used to censor the internet, affects access to religious websites. Sites blocked include those related to the persecution of Christians and other religious faiths.

In a bid to help remove "unacceptable" content from the web, the authorities launched a website in June encouraging web-users to report such "illegal" sites, including those on religious cult activity, violence, pornography or politically sensitive subjects. The website, http://net.china.cn/chinese/, is sponsored by the Internet Information Service Work Committee of the China Internet Association. After getting on the relevant page, which is indicated at the top of the homepage, "reporters" must provide their real name, gender, email address, telephone number, addresses, and the name and URL of the offending sites. They are then asked for details of the violations by the offending websites and the category of violations. There are eight categories, including "promoting cults" and "promoting violent superstitions". Other categories include sites that "violate constitutional principles", "attack the party and the government" and "violate social ethics (or morality)". There is one all-encompassing category called "other illegal and harmful messages". The "reporters" are assured of the confidentiality of the information they provide, but are warned that they bear personal responsibility for reporting erroneous information.
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=366
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mercy, peace and love
Kat

arion:
That's why in his welcome post I said that I was surprised that this website wasn't censored for him.  That being said it's easy enough to use a proxy server if this is the case for him.  He can access the website through an off shore (to him) proxy.  He may have to try a number of different ones until he finds one that works but with persistence it should be available. 

Dennis Vogel:
But if he gets caught, it could be very bad. I wouldn't try it.

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