Off Topic Bill Nicholson Arms

Perhaps that is the reason there remain 45m fans in China.

 

HK has a population of around 7m (their immigration dept will be furious another 38m have
appeared undetected) .

 

The answer is a suitable VPN...... I go to Shanghai occasionally and manage to access most sites no problem.
http://startuplivingchina.com/best-vpn-for-china/

Happy Travels!

 

Right I thought it was bigger than that. So we are back to Brian's question.

 

Some of the higher league hotels operate VPNs themselves.
Chinese residents attempting to use any VPN on a regular basis would
soon find themselves under increased scrutiny.

 

Just as well we're not Chinese residents then!!

 

That sounds a lot like certain parts of the Middle East, where hotel chains can skirt the rules and serve alcohol - as long as a drop of it doesn't pass the lobby.

 

The swanky hotel chains probably told the China govt that their clientele will not
tolerate that kind of Internet intrusion, and unless they can run their own VPNs
they will not be going there. Most MNCs give staff VPN client s/w to run on their
computers anyway, so high(er) speed Internet access is the real issue for them.

 

I think we quickly forget just how many websites are blocked in the UK too. Our list is also kept secret.

"UK good. China bad." - who said that?

I use a free VPN, and there are many to pick from. It's nothing more than an add-on for Firefox called "Browsec". Chrome has similar. Privacy nightmare, so not to be used where you wouldn't mind the account being hacked in the Russian style, but it's a free and it works without hassle.

 

The official list only lists sites that were blocked for violating copyright, for example Pirate Bay or Putlocker.

Note use of the phrase "official list" which conveniently only mentions torrents and MP3 sites...

 

From BBC:


Do you think Neymar is worth more than Lionel Messi?

The Brazilian striker is the most valuable player in Europe - worth about £216m - according to a new study which values 10 players at more than 100m euros.

Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi is valued by academics at £149m while the only England players in the top 10 are Tottenham duo Harry Kane (£122m) and Dele Alli (£96m).

Paul Pogba, who joined Manchester United for a record £89m in the summer, is valued at £136.4m.

The study has been carried out by a team of academics from the CIES Football Observatory, using a transfer value algorithm.

They have calculated the value using criteria that includes player performance and characteristics, such as age and length of contract.

 

Who is their head of immigration, Theresa Mae?

 

Anyone seen an update on Vertonghen's injury?

 

African Nation's Cup: Does anyone give a **** this year?

 

Not I.

 

The Congolese appear to be interested.

 

That seems to be a table of how much the Chinese might pay for those players. If not the Chinese you might ask who can really afford them - considering transfer fees AND wages. I always wonder why it isn't pointed out whenever these big money moves are suggested that there are not that many clubs that can realistically afford the players that are supposed to be moving on, which surely reduces their bargaining powers a bit?

So when they talk about ManC shifting out half their squad in the summer I wonder who can afford the wages unless City pay part of them. So if City then pay astronomical amounts to buy new players to replace them on fantastic wages, and still pay for those who they let go, we might wonder how they can afford the "dreaded" FFP? It seems they were hit by it once, did nothing to curb their spending and it is somehow no longer a factor!

 

The only way to enforce FFP currently, is by points deduction. However, the Prem League don't have the balls for that.

 

FFP has succeeded in doing nothing other than crippling lower league sides who were already existing hand to mouth before the rules came into force. When the likes of Madrid and Barca are basically as powerful as their own sovereign government, did anyone honestly expect FFP to be more than a limp storm in a very small tea cup containing a tea bag from Poundland?

Deedub is right - if the books don't balance, a hefty points deduction is the only punishment teams will take seriously, especially if that deduction was implemented retrospectively during the summer on the season just past.

 

The Telegraph is saying up to ten weeks.