{"id":132092,"date":"2012-02-25T20:58:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T03:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=132092"},"modified":"2012-02-25T22:19:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T05:19:03","slug":"google-accessible-in-china-netizens-inundate-obamas-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/02\/google-accessible-in-china-netizens-inundate-obamas-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Netizens Occupy Obama’s Google+ Page"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a strange twist in the ongoing battle between Chinese Internet users and the Great Firewall, Google+ has suddenly and inexplicably been accessible inside China. With their newfound freedom, netizens have decided to “occupy” President Obama’s Google+ page by posting numerous comments<\/strong><\/a>, written in Chinese, on a range of topics. From BBC:<\/p>\n

Since Google+ was launched in 2011, software known informally as the Great Firewall had appeared to block it within China.<\/p>\n

But on 20 February 2012 internet-users in many parts of China found they could gain access to the site – prompting some to suggest occupying it, in a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Occupy Wall Street campaign.<\/p>\n

On 24 and 25 February, to the consternation of American readers, every current topic on President Obama’s 2012 election campaign page attracted hundreds of comments, apparently from China.<\/p>\n

Their exact provenance cannot be verified, but the expressions contributors used were in the style of mainland China and in simplified Chinese. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

chinaSMACK has translated several of the comments<\/strong><\/a> and also posted those written in English by Americans baffled by the Chinese comments they cannot read:<\/p>\n

\nTerry Schmidt:<\/p>\n

Dear President Obama, when will you send troops to liberate China?<\/p>\n

\u5f20\u52c9:<\/p>\n

Mr. President, we long for America\u2019s freedom.<\/p>\n

Dylan Bozarth (American writing in English):<\/p>\n

I need to learn Chinese.<\/p>\n

\u79cb\u5c71\u6674\u5b50:<\/p>\n

Are you all not losing face? I cannot feel embarrassed more.<\/p>\n

Joepo Ding:<\/p>\n

Is this what freedom tastes like?<\/p>\n

\u5434\u4f73\u658c (In English):<\/p>\n

Obama, you do not contribute to world peace, but earlier get the Nobel peace prize, do not you feel ridiculous?<\/p>\n

You to attack terrorists without the permission of a sovereign state without authorization to send troops into the country, and the manslaughter of a few 60 people in this country, and finally, only say \u201cWe regret that\u201d. Please tell me what is your human rights?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Check out Obama’s Google+ page<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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