The Email Wars

So the power of RSS is being humbled by the powers of the Red Army of China. Now if RSS is going to be medium that trumps email, why can it too be blocked? Any medium is going to have its challenges and it seems that RSS, email and websites all face the same type of treatments from parties that wish to stop them from reaching their desired target subscriber.

China Blocking RSS Feeds
The Chinese Government has added a blanket ban on all RSS feeds, according to a report at Ars Technica.

There have been reports previously that Feedburner feeds have been blocked, but to-date information delivered by RSS feeds has generally gone uncensored, providing Chinese viewers information that would otherwise be blocked if attempting to visit a regular webpage or blog.