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Aoi Sola lives an independent lifestyle as a popular Japanese porn star. Millions of people in China lead lives with significantly less political self-determination or freedom, and many have found a way to jump the Great Firewall so they can do what any freedom-loving person in their situation would do: visit Aoi Sola’s Twitter page. AOL News reports that as tweeting birds greet the first vertical rays of the sun, Chinese netizens have greeted the dawning concept of online freedom in China with an instruction manual. They are helping one another learn how to use proxy servers and virtual private networks to follow Aoi Sola. It’s a song of the human spirit, no? The most obvious question now is “Who will play Sola in the Chinese after-school special?” and will payday loans be needed to finance such a film?

What does Aoi Sola have to do with the Great Firewall and what is it?

The Great Firewall that many Aoi Sola fans have somehow gotten around is pretty much the Chinese government’s efforts to censor online content within the country, particularly that which is critical of the government or brings human rights violations to light. The Communist nation blocks websites such as www.greatfirewallofchina.org that show which IPs are blocked. One of the major sites blocked in China is Twitter, so Chinese fans of Aoi Sola took action as Sola began tweeting. They then began to distribute software and instructions to show one another how to use proxy servers and how to create a virtual private network (VPN). The flood of traffic prompted Aoi Sola to wonder, “What sparked so much discussion about me by Chinese people? What happened? Please tell me.” reports the Dongguan Times.

Oh, that Aoi Sola, what a teaser

Americans know very well how celebrities use Twitter to flame their popularity, but this is all very new to China. Josephine Ho of the Center for the Study of Sexualities at Taiwan’s National Central University speculated to Dongguan that the intense interest in Aoi Sola by Chinese fans was a backlash against tight sexual controls instituted by China’s government. In other words, you can’t keep someone down on the farm forever, or they’ll boil over. Japanese porn is plentiful and wildly liberal, and the newness of it appeals to Chinese people who are curious. There are wild attempts to jump the Great Firewall as we can see when entering Aoi Sola. Even if you go to money lenders to try and afford the biggest one ever, trampolines just won’t cut it.

What does Aoi Sola tweet?

Nothing different from your average American celebrity is the answer. Aoi Sola’s 54,000 followers are all enjoying such profound tweets as “Listen!! I bought [an] i pad !! yeah! yeah!” Aoi Sola has more than 54,000 followers, they all get to enjoy such profound tweets as “Listen!! I bought [an] i pad !! yeah! yeah!” Ever the savvy marketer, Sola tweets in both Japanese and English, according to AOL News. On her blog (NSFW), Aoi Sola writes that she’s working on learning Chinese, but it’s a tough language to pick up.

Article Sources:

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/porn-star-aoi-sola-prompts-chinese-to-jump-great-firewall/19448320

http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/03/15/google-in-china-google-net-neutrality/

http://twitter.com/aoi_sola

http://sex.ncu.edu.tw/english/EnglishCenterIntroduction.htm

http://www.aoisola.cocolog-nifty.com/

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