xmlns:annotate="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/annotate/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" http://www.rssgov.com/ News about how RSS is being used by international, federal, state, and local governments en-us Ray Matthews 2004-12-03T12:01:18-07:00 http://www.rssgov.com/archives/000135.html While the government may not be enthusiastic over offering RSS news feeds, the Chinese people themselves are embracing RSS news syndication in the form of blogging. NewScientist.com reports that despite official censorship of blogs in 2003, blog services are now sprouting all over China. By the end of October 2004, China had more than 45 large blog-hosting services. According to China's biggest blogging service provider blogcn.com, the number of subscribers has soared from 10,000 in June last year, to more than 500,000 now. Xiao Qiang, director of the China Internet Project at the University of California at Berkeley reports the "blog revolution" is sweeping across China. China Ray Matthews 2004-12-03T12:01:18-07:00 http://www.rssgov.com/archives/000100.html Reporters Without Borders reports today that Chinese authorities have stepped up Internet censorship to include blogging, closing two sites hosting blogs, Blogbus.com and and Blogcn.com. China Ray Matthews 2004-03-17T10:56:10-07:00