Boston.com is reporting that Chinese Internet surfers once again have unfettered access to Wikipedia, the popular free online encyclopedia. The Chinese government has quietly dismantled its digital barriers against the service, according to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.

This is huge news at the offices of Barstool Sports right now.   We can only assume that if the Chinese can now access Wikipedia, they can also finally access Barstool Sports as well.   I’ve been trying to take this company global since day 1 and this should serve as a major breakthrough after some tough early setbacks. First we had that fraud Binlondon on the message board who claimed to be from London when in fact he was from Medford and of course we had the Chinese Government blacklisting us from their citizens.  (I’m guessing about that part) Luckily things have changed.    Don’t be surprised if we hire somebody just to blog all day long about Yao Ming.   I mean let’s not kid ourselves; China is a huge untapped market for hat sales.   I may need to change the slogan of Barstool Sports from “By the Common Man For the Common Man to “From Southie to China and Back”

P.S. – Here is our Wikipedia definition;

Barstool Sportsis a free biweekly newspaper in Boston. Launched in August 2003 as a four-page gambling rag, it has grown to be one of the better-known sources of "alternative" sports humor and coverage in the city. It is perhaps best known for its scantily clad cover models, in the style of Maxim (magazine) and similar men's magazines. The writing and style of humor, as the writers themselves admit, is heavily influenced by national sports writer Bill Simmons, and the paper has a love-hate relationship with Simmons himself.

"The Stool" attracted some publicity and controversy in September 2005, when it made public an expletive-filled voicemail from local sports radio personality John Dennis directed towards his competitor Ryen Rusillo. The publication of a glossy "Boston's 25 Sexiest Bartenders and Waitresses" issue in November further increased Barstool's local profile.