One of the advantages of using WordPress is that they provide details of the countries where hits originate from. It is fascinating to see that in the last 18 months I have received hits from well over 100 countries.

As I have only posted in English, it is not surprising that the top three countries, accounting for nearly three-quarters of all hits are Australia, United States, UK (where I live). Yet there are fully 23 nations where I have received just one hit. As I have never mentioned countries such as Laos, Saint Lucia, Papua New Guinea or Ghana, Given that they have small numbers of people and/or with limited internet access, and having mentioned these countries, then this is not surprising. But there is one glaring anomaly in these 23 nations – China. With over 20% of the world’s population, and having mentioned the country at least once – on China’s Coal to Oil Policy – this is at first surprising. Maybe it is the Great Firewall of China that is blocking me. However, there is a site http://greatfirewallofchina.org. The results show that my site is not blocked. This is further confirmed by over half my spam is from China, often with Chinese script.

The explanation might be that the Great Chinese Fire Wall acts like Google incognito window.

I tested some other sites and got mixed results. BBC.co.uk and wattsupwiththat are not blocked. Amongst those blocked are amazon.co.uk, telegraph.co.uk. thegwpf.org and ebay.co.uk.

There is a couple of lesson’s here. First is that no matter how good you consider the data, (and WordPress has, I am sure, site stats to the highest standards) it may not capture everything. Secondly, when statistics do not add up, it is easy to come to a conspiracy conclusion. It might be that you are ignored because you are not recognized, or in being recognized others do not give two hoots to your opinions. Below is the Chinese translation, to act as a test. A further test is to mention Tiananmen Square Massacre 1989, and post the posting in Chinese – See below.

使用WordPress的优势之一是，他们提供的点击来自的国家。有趣的是可以看到，在过去的18个月中，我已经收到命中以及超过100个国家和地区。

正如我刚才只张贴英语，这并不奇怪，把上面三个国家占近四分之三的所有点击，澳大利亚，美国，英国（我住的地方）
。然而，是完全有23个国家在那里我只收到一击。因为我从来没有提到国家如老挝，巴布亚新几内亚，圣卢西亚或加纳，鉴于他们有少量的人及/或有限的互联网接入，并在提到这些国家，那么这是不奇怪的。但在这23个国家 – 中国，有一个明显异常。随着世界人口的20％以上，至少有一次提到国家 – 中国煤炭石油政策 – 这是第一个令人惊讶的。也许这是伟大的中国防火墙阻止我。然而，有是一个网站http://greatfirewallofchina.org的。结果表明，我的网站没有被阻塞。这进一步证实了我的垃圾邮件的一半以上是来自中国，经常与中国的脚本。

解释可能是伟大的中国防火长城就像谷歌隐身窗口。

我测试了其他一些网站，并得到了好坏参半的结果。 BBC.co.uk wattsupwiththat没有阻塞。当中那些阻塞amazon.co.uk ， telegraph.co.uk 。 thegwpf.org和ebay.co.uk.

这里有一对夫妇的教训。首先是再好你考虑数据（和WordPress网站统计的最高标准）
，我敢肯定，它可能无法捕捉一切。其次，当统计加起来不，它很容易阴谋的结论来。这可能是被忽略，因为你不承认，或在被认可别人不给两个鸣响您的意见。下面是中文翻译，作为一个测试。进一步的测试是提到天安门大屠杀1989年，发布张贴在中国 – 见下文。