internet - China's bloggers forced to host abroad

Isaac Mao

Isaac Mao comes with a sad observation regarding domestically hosted bloggers in China. He sees that more and more ISP's pull the plug from webloggers who have not registred in database of the central government. That often happens without even a notification, Isaac says.
He calls for support of webloggers outside China, to host the Chinese webloggers. That is sad for several reasons. First, the short-sighted governmental reaction. Even if a registration is only a formality - and very little in China is not required to register from churches to bicycles - it will hamper the development of weblogs, even though now MSN, Google and others offer very easy free weblogs.
It is especially sad for the domestic hosts of weblogs, who see a potential good business disappear. Many people, including Isaac, have been spending much time and money into developing a business. That business will still develop in the long run, but that might be too far away for some of the current participants.