The national firewall of China is starting to show it's age. Long since western organizations put together this mythical beast meant to keep the public ill-informed the walls are coming down. Well, figuratively at the least.
Researchers have discovered that the firewall does not actually block traffic but rather sends out "reset" packets when you try to download content with keywords that are restricted. This prevents you from viewing the content because your computer stops waiting for it.
What this effectively means is that you can get any content from within China if you ignore the resets that are sent to you. Although I have never tried this myself, it is said to be trivial by the press that is re-reporting the original storey.
Does this mean you can go to China now and start a renewed democracy movement? Probably not. The authorities could presumably monitor the number of resets being sent to you and follow the flood right to your door. Encrypting traffic by accessing a western-based server as a proxy remains the only reliable method for subverting the firewall. Even then, authorities will know you have a connection from point A to B so be sure both computers reveal nothing personal about you!
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