Jie Fred Shen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> What happened to alt.chinese.text.  VMS has been carrying it for more than a
> year.  Quite a few international students are following this usenet group.
> It suddenly disappeared on June 7.  Three days after the 5th annivesary of
> the Tiananmen Square Massacre.  Was this just a coincidence?
 
> Jie Shen
> Paper Science
 
I just checked NetNews on VMS and alt.chinese.text appears to be very
much alive and well, with some 2,747 articles through sometime Tuesday
morning, 7 June.  I assume there is a problem with the newsfeed
somewhere upstream, but that the flow of articles will continue as
soon as that problem (whatever and wherever it may be) is resolved.
 
John
 
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                          John B Harlan
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                    Miami University (Ohio USA)
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