The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday what journalists arriving at the lavishly outfitted media center at Beijing had suspected: contrary to previous assurances by Olympic and government officials, the Internet will be censored during the upcoming games. Since the Olympic Village press center opened Friday, reporters have been unable to access scores of Web pages - politically sensitive ones that discuss Tibetan succession, Taiwanese independence, the violent crackdown of the protests in Tiananmen Square and the sites of Amnesty International, Radio Free Asia and several Hong Kong newspapers known for their freewheeling political discourse.On Wednesday - two weeks after its most recent proclamation of an uncensored Internet during the Summer Games - the International Olympic Committee quietly agreed to some of the limitations, according to Kevan Gosper, chairman of the IOC press commission, Reuters reported. Gosper said that he regretted the limitations but that "IOC officials negotiated with the Chinese that some sensitive sites would be blocked on the basis they were not considered Games related."
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Well they dont have anything to do with the Olympics so why do they complain , they're there to talk about the Olympics not the other stuff
http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/2008_su...are-for-op.html
then oic permit this. OIC is dominated by USA(so called human right champion) AND European. why they agree on this. or they sell their conscious for cheap Chinese stuff/-------------
Its called remote desktop.
Problem solved
almost as frightening as the UN's statement that China is the ideal model state for the rest of the world. especially in terms of population control.
Source?
Source?
www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com
also take a look for Agenda 21 published by the united nations
It seemed like such a good idea at the time...
Except it didn't!
What is the purpose of this censorship, who benefits ?
The Chinese people or The Chinese government ?
Governments should be afraid of their people, not the other way around!!
A journalist just needs to send their Material , not Read Foreign news ( There's other ways to get information about "their" country while working in China at the Olympics
A Journalist gets permission only to cover the Games nothing else , so there isnt any problem , or you were expecting Taiwan and Tibet news ?
[sarcasm on]Maybe the USA will discover the Weapons of Mass Destruction and Bush Brain in China and the Chinese dont wanna tell the world they had them all along[sarcasm off]
After all if the journalists could just publish the propaganda pamphlet that we will provide... </end sarcasm>
In any case, their system will somewhere down the line fall apart. Let's hope that this interaction with the IOC will chip away somewhat from their habit of censorship.
I'm in the Olympic City right now, not as part of the media or the actual games, of course. Everything's perfect here. Order, security, spirit, even the weather...you name it, they've got it. I guess it's better to have a lot of control when you've got a nation this size trying to get something done. It isn't easy, but they're managing just fine. Good luck!
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