Comments on: 5 Reasons Xinjiang Internet Won’t Soon Be Restored http://www.farwestchina.com/2010/03/top-5-reasons-xinjiang-internet-wont.html Travel and Live in Xinjiang, China's Silk Road Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:29:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: T. Adams http://www.farwestchina.com/2010/03/top-5-reasons-xinjiang-internet-wont.html/comment-page-1#comment-1120 T. Adams Thu, 06 May 2010 22:27:13 +0000 http://farwestchina.webfactional.com/2010/03/5-reasons-xinjiang-internet-wont-soon-be-restored/#comment-1120 Why? The answer is simple. Power. They are excising their power. They are reminding Xinjiang that China has the power. When you live with such paranoid leaders that they have to be involved in such minute details of the population's life as school days, when one can turn on the heat and the AC, and one time zone, it can only have one answer, they are so afraid of losing their power they have to flex it when they can. There is no other reason for such positioning over such mundane things. If they think their power is so fragile that an email from abroad will create a revolution, they really should be looking at their form of government. As the Imperialism of China is trying to put geographical history back 2000 years, what do you expect? Their own childish behavoir will be their downfall. Why? The answer is simple. Power. They are excising their power. They are reminding Xinjiang that China has the power. When you live with such paranoid leaders that they have to be involved in such minute details of the population’s life as school days, when one can turn on the heat and the AC, and one time zone, it can only have one answer, they are so afraid of losing their power they have to flex it when they can. There is no other reason for such positioning over such mundane things. If they think their power is so fragile that an email from abroad will create a revolution, they really should be looking at their form of government.

As the Imperialism of China is trying to put geographical history back 2000 years, what do you expect? Their own childish behavoir will be their downfall.

]]> By: Maitreya Bhakal http://www.farwestchina.com/2010/03/top-5-reasons-xinjiang-internet-wont.html/comment-page-1#comment-95 Maitreya Bhakal Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:11:24 +0000 http://farwestchina.webfactional.com/2010/03/5-reasons-xinjiang-internet-wont-soon-be-restored/#comment-95 The Chinese government simply went overboard with this whole 'stability' thing. <br />Even by its standards and its (skewed) version of what can achieve stability, censoring the WHOLE of the internet amounts to simply over-reacting.<br /><br />A majority of websites have nothing whatsoever to do with riots or politics or similar issues, which can cause 'rumours'.<br />For example, what's the point of blocking a physics website, or a healthcare website, which are in no way related to politics or ethnic issues?<br /><br />Maybe the censors just didn't want the extra trouble and took the easy way out. The Chinese government simply went overboard with this whole 'stability' thing.
Even by its standards and its (skewed) version of what can achieve stability, censoring the WHOLE of the internet amounts to simply over-reacting.

A majority of websites have nothing whatsoever to do with riots or politics or similar issues, which can cause 'rumours'.
For example, what's the point of blocking a physics website, or a healthcare website, which are in no way related to politics or ethnic issues?

Maybe the censors just didn't want the extra trouble and took the easy way out.

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