The Chinese state government’s ban on social networking sites such as Twitter has come under fire by F1 drivers and teams this week, who have paired up with the Chinese opposition government to try and find away around what is being dubbed as the “great firewall of China.”
Twitter has become hugely popular with the drivers and teams both “tweeting” updates of their race weekend. The likes of Ferrari and McLaren have, with the help of some locals, managed to find a way around the ban.
HRT driver, Karun Chandhok, was the first driver to send a Tweet from China after three fans helped him out shortly after he landed there. The Indian driver Tweeted, “Three very sweet fans were waiting at the airport for me with instructions on how to use Twitter in China !!! Unbelievable…”
For those travelling to China, it seems the advice is to route your internet connection via a proxy server in a country outside China.
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