Move to HTTPS; lose the Chinese. That‘s the revised internet maxim. China‘s Great Firewall has gradually reduced the number of foreign sites accessible by Chinese citizens… „gradually“ only in the sense that it‘s been a continuous rollout steadily decreasing web access. The government blocked an entire content delivery network at one point, so even this gradual rollout has seen its share of spikes.

As is being collaboratively reported at WikiTribune, the BBC says the move to HTTPS for all of it properties has resulted in Chinese citizens being unable to access their contents.