"Eric" wrote in message
...
On Apr 18, 5:27 am, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:20:49 +1000, the renowned "Peter Webb"

wrote:
I'm travelling to Yunnan province in China next week.

China famously blocks Google. Will I be able to access my @gmail.com
email
address while I am there?

Peter Webb

I don't recall any trouble with gmail in a couple of trips in the last
six months. If you do run into issues you can always sign up with a
proxy. So far they don't seem to have a probem with foreigners using
them. Most recently (January) the main thing I noticed that was
blocked was Facebook, and some google searches choked. I happened to
use Skydur, which worked splendidly, but shop around, there are
others. Not expensive. Enjoy Yunnan.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
Info for manufacturers:http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

What then is the Chinese equivalent of Facebook?

FlaceBlook!!!, or FraceBrook!!!!!



--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: ---