Keyword FAIL

I just don't understand the search engine system here in China. I don't think they have whatever that operates the Great Firewall of China all figured out. In fact, I don't think they want me to write my paper. That's what I'll tell my professors at least.

My first paper is about foreign policy right after the Communists took power in 1949. There's going to be a lot of obvious statements about how China felt like they were bullied by imperialist countries such as America and England, so that's why they kicked everyone and their mothers out of the country. It has to be 2000 Chinese characters, which is probably like 5th grade level for a local, but it's kind of a high quota reach for me. I'm up to 1,200 characters right now, so I need to fill it in with more quotes. Like A LOT of quotes.

I search for this particular thing that Mao wrote on his "The Chinese Revolution and the CCP" (1939) reading that I found in an English book. Since the paper is in Chinese (and therefore the quotes as well), I type in "中国革命1939 中共” because I didn't know the Chinese title of the reading. Get blank page = blocked. FAIL. This is the 2nd time that I got blocked in a search, and I realize it's because I typed in 中共, which means Chinese Communist [Party]. The CCP doesn't want people to be searching for info about them online? What the hell?!?? It's as if the United States banned "democracy, freedom, justice for all" from search engines. I don't see this serving its grand purpose of quelling dissent... all it's doing is probably making it harder for me to write this damn paper!

So fine. You block me from searching the word "Chinese Communist". I managed to find the exact name of the reading anyway (which is "中国革命与中国共产党”), but I need the actual complete text. Yes, I find the link, but when I click it... blocked again... UBER FAIL.

Are you telling me you DON'T want me to have access to Maoist readings?

And the website is "http://www.marxists.org/chinese/maozedong/marxist.org-chinese-mao-193912aa.htm". I would have thought that Marxists.org would be a shoo-in under the Great Firewall.

Anyway so that's that. I'm still 800 characters short, but I wrote a new blog entry in 5 minutes. :)