The Great Firewall of China

One of my friends is in Tianjin for the summer to learn Mandarin. He's had his first run-in with Chinese censorship. o_O

[21:06] Steve: err
[21:06] me: whoa! are you in china?
[21:06] S: hehe
[21:06] me: what tie is it over there?
[21:06] S: hayo
[21:06] S: err
[21:06] S: wo zai zhong gua
[21:07] me: woohoo! dao tianjin le ma?
[21:07] S: asdf
[21:07] S: i'm having problems with the censoring software
[21:07] S: i have to find a diffrent internet caffee

On the plus side, cybercafes are super cheap there...in Shanghai during the summer of 2002 I found a place in Shanghai that was RMB8/hour, which was about USD1 at the time.