Chinese walls

Incredibly slow Internet access made life a lot more difficult for journalists needing to post stories while in China. All journalists at the event in Shanghai have commented on it and most have attributed it to the firewall that data has to go through. It's also been noted that some Web sites just aren't accessible from here - forget looking up anything on Wikipedia, for example! Interestingly, you can access conversapedia.com - the self-proclaimed "encyclopedia you can trust". Freedom of information is still a major issue here.

Some journalists, even though specially invited by HP for this event, were simply unable to get visas to come. We all had to submit forms with details of professional equipment, and some journalists were met at the airport and had their equipment confiscated - all this is of course was heard on the ground here at the HP event.

China's still got a long way to go on many levels, that much is clear.