Despite my earlier concerns, the Typepad weblog service, and the blogs that use it, appear to be working just fine in China.  What's more, I can read weblogs hosted by Blogspot, which was not the case when I was here last year (in the same city, in the same hotel).  I'm not sure if this is just a luxury afforded folks staying in the better hotels, but I take it as a good sign.

Thanks to all of you who offered suggestions in response to my initial request.