The Digital Reader

Here’s an interesting anecdote from Me and My Kindle:

And the free wireless internet access played an even bigger role for Sophia Chiang, a San Francisco entrepreneur on an extended trip through China. She reports the Kindle was a great way to buy “uncensored English magazines like Newsweek, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Atlantic Monthly.” Amazon’s Whispernet network actually allowed her to circumvent the Chinese government’s ongoing news censorship.

FYI: The gov’t. of mainland China have been blocking news sites for some time now. There are ways around it, but never one so easy.