【禁聞】入鄉隨俗？老外成翻牆高手

【新唐人2011年7月22日訊】剛到中國大陸的外國人，會發現熱門的社區網站Twitter，Facebook都無法使用，不過因為這樣，迫使老外成為了“翻牆”高手。去看看他們怎麼作？

正文：如果你習慣用社區網站Twitter，Facebook，或者習慣上Youtube看視頻，那麼一下子到了中國大陸的環境，可能會叫苦連天。因為這些傳播資訊速度快的網站，在中國都是被封鎖的。

2008年北京舉辦奧運會時，一些常用的國外社交網站，例如Twitter, Facebook，以及Youtube都能正常登錄，但奧運結束後不久就都上不了了。

駐華外國媒體記者：“現在都不可以，Facebook，Twitter都不能用，一年多不能用Facebook，也不能用這個Twitter。”

也因此，“翻牆”不僅是眾多中國網民的必備知識和技術。對於那些由於工作，而不得不身在那個環境中的外國人來説，許多人都“入鄉隨俗”，也成為了翻牆高手。

駐華外國媒體記者：“我覺得一般的外國記者習慣了，但是我們當然覺得這個事情不太公平。因為我們來中國報導事情，所以如果我上不了網，這個對我們的工作不好，不方便。但是習慣了，有很多方法可以上網，可以用這個VPN。”

VPN是「虛擬專用網絡」的簡稱，網民可以通過這種代理服務來打開被中國遮罩的網站，也就是俗稱的“翻牆”。

另一位同樣也是「翻牆高手」的駐華外國媒體記者覺得，中共的封鎖沒有意義。

駐華外國媒體記者：“在中共來説也沒有甚麼多大意義，因為現在通過甚麼VPN甚麼的都可以，特別是那個翻牆的技術。所以要上網的人都不難。有一些它要控制也控制不了，所以中共的這個做法有甚麼真正的效果，我都有點懷疑。”

不過相比起對網絡信息的封鎖，外國記者認爲，官方對教育的管控更令人擔心。

駐華外國媒體記者：“我認爲網絡審查是一個問題，但這只是問題的一小部分。因爲我發現，尤其是年輕一代並不像外國人想像的那樣，渴求在因特網上尋找信息，我認爲這與教育有很大關係，這也是爲甚麽官方要控制的原因。”

中國是世界上互聯網用戶最多的國家，網民上網時間，特別是在社交網站上花費的時間在全球領先。社區網站等新型信息傳播方式，已經對中共的網絡封鎖形成了很大的衝擊和挑戰。

新唐人記者梁欣、尚燕、王明宇採訪報導

Foreign Experts in “Leaping Firewall”

Foreigners in China find it impossible to gain access to

social websites such as Twitter and Facebook.

Thanks to this, most of them become experts in

using “leaping the firewall” software.

If you often visit websites, such as Twitter, Facebook

or Youtube, you may find it annoying when you come to China.

Foreign websites that can spread information quickly

are blocked by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities.

However, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube were usable

in China during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

They were soon blocked again after the games finished.

Foreign Reporter in China: I haven』t been able

to access Facebook or Twitter for over a year now.

Many Chinese netizens are experts in using

software to “leap the wall”.

Many foreigners working

in China “do as the Romans do”.

As a result, they become experts

in using anti-blockage software, too.

Foreign reporter in China: I think most foreign

journalists are used to using anti-blockage software.

It is nevertheless unreasonable and unfair.

Without the Internet, we cannot work well.

It is not convenient. However,

there are many other solutions, such as the VPN.

VPN is short for “Virtue Private Network”

and is used for breaking China』s Internet blockade

to browse overseas websites.

Another “wall-leaping” expert reporter

suggests that it is superfluous for

the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to do so.

Foreign Reporter in China: It』s really superfluous

for the CCP to try to block the Internet,

given the widely used VPN and other technologies.

People can easily visit foreign websites.

Some things can never be blocked.

It』s really unnecessary and useless for CCP to do so.

The foreign reporters are more concerned about

the CCP』s control over education.

China has the world』s largest population of netizens.

The time spent on Internet surfing by

Chinese netizens exceeds that of any other country.

The informational transmission via the worldwide web poses

an ever greater challenge to the CCP』s internet blockade.

NTD reporters Liang Xin，Shang Yan and Wang Mingyu