David is exactly right. Youtube (along with Facebook, Twitter, New York Times and now Google and all Google web-based services) is blocked in China. The way around it is a VPN to the outside through another country, but most have no way of getting one, don't care about it or won't take the risk. So in theory millions of Chinese _could_ be viewing your videos under someone else's flag, though I unfortunately doubt it. If you want to reach the Chinese, put your videos on Chinese sanctioned video sites, youku.com or sohu.com. When in Rome etc. Happy to help.
I'm the operations manager of a large international choir and we have a professional orchestra, and I've started an early music choir and chamber music groups. China has its own way of doing things, to say the least. I don't want to bore everyone with off-topic discussion (feel free to email me privately if you're interested), but I'll link to an article that talks about our latest problem: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/10/china-tightens-concerts-rules Thanks, Elton John. ;-) On Aug 3, 2014, at 9:47 PM, David van Ooijen <[email protected]> wrote: > Search for the great Chinese fire-wall and you know why YouTue gets > almost no Chinese hits. I have an internet pupil in China, there are > ways around the firewall, but those ways are not available to all. > > David > > On Aug 3, 2014 3:16 PM, "Daniel F. Heiman" <[1][email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Ching-Ping: > I would also like to extend my welcome to you. A It is great to hear > from someone in China. > In my capacity as Webmaster for the Lute Society of America I try to > track who is interested in our electronic offerings and where they > are located. A For example, our YouTube channel has been on the air > for four years now and is on track to hit 100,000 all-time total > views this month. > [2]http://bit.ly/N87o48 > The greatest number of the hits are from the USA, though those > constitute only 22%. A In clear second place is Japan, with 10% a I > know Ed Durbrow is a great fan of ours (Hi, Ed!), but there is no > way he can account for 10,000 views by himself! A The really amazing > thing to me is that China, for all its billions of people, has > produced only 17 views of our material in all that time. A Thus is > clear that interest in the European lute and knowledge about it must > be almost non-existent in China. A I hope you will be successful in > spreading the word about our favorite instrument among your friends > and acquaintances there. > Regards, > Daniel Heiman > -----Original Message----- > From: [3][email protected] > [mailto:[4][email protected]] On Behalf Of Ching-Ping Lin > Sent: 02 August, 2014 19:46 > To: [5]lute-cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] hello and introductions > Dear All, > I'm new and have been reading for a while, but thought I should say > hello to everyone. I live in Beijing and I've mainly been an early > music singer, but I'm excited to be taking up the lute. It has not > been easy (that's an understatement actually) getting an instrument, > books or instruction over here, but I have to send many thanks to Ed > Durbrow for helping me out from Japan. > Glad to be part of this community, > Ching-Ping > -- > aeee Ching-Ping Lin > [6][email protected] > To get on or off this list see list information at > [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. http://bit.ly/N87o48 > 3. mailto:[email protected] > 4. mailto:[email protected] > 5. http://lute-cs.dartmouth.edu/ > 6. mailto:[email protected] > 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
