One of the more frustrating things about life abroad is China’s internet censorship. Many common sites (Feedburner, Livejournal, Blogger, just to name a few) are blocked.
The China Dream Blog has an awesome link to a quick, free download that will enable you to get Wikipedia and Blogspot and all the other, um, difficult sites in China. Just unzip the file, and you have American internet, without screwing around with port numbers and complicated instuctions.
Also works if you’re not in China, just very sneaky.