Now with the troubles in the West mostly harmonized, and Taiwan’s newly-elected president certified as China Friendly, it looks like YouTube has returned to its previous sluggish-but-accessible self.
As a freebie, the powers that free also appear to have unblocked BBC News, a site that to the best of my knowledge has been blackballed near the entire time I’ve been in China (3+ years).
Most of the usual suspects (Wikipedia, most all blogging networks, Flickr images, etc.), however, haven’t felt the sweet flick of any switches that would see them return to mainstream Chinese Internet viewership.