China Blocking Technorati.com

Technorati.com, a service that provides search and indexing of weblogs, has been blocked by the Chinese government:

From “Mad About Shanghai” blog:

“It looks to me like Technorati has been blocked by the Great Firewall of China.
Since yesterday I have been (unsuccessfully) trying to access Technorati, but each time I have tried, the connection is refused.
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Yet another annoying little thing that simply frustrates people in their daily life. Seriously, why bother when I can access it anyway like I can through the proxy - all it does cause resentment against the people controlling the flow of information.”

More here and also on here