In the past few weeks, thousands of Chinese netizens have successfully jumped the “Great Firewall,” China’s cyberblockade on sensitive Internet content.
But they’re not after democracy, human rights or Taiwan independence websites. No, they’re chasing a Japanese porn star.
The porn star in question, Aoi Sola, launched a Twitter site at the end of March. Her Chinese fans went nuts over the news — but then realized Twitter is blocked in China.
No matter — they’ve been distributing software among themselves that allows a user inside China to get around the “Great Firewall.” Thousands have piled into Aoi Sola’s Twitter site already, in a wave of interest that took the Japanese star by surprise.
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