Censored Internet for International Media at the Beijing Olympics
Posted 07/30/08 at 04:47:34 PM by Pulkit Chandna
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Hosting the Olympics is a matter of great pride for any country and more so for China. The Chinese authorities want the Beijing Olympics 2008 to project their country as highly progressive; and maybe, serve as a tawdry façade to rampant human rights abuse and gross denial of freedom. China has finally admitted that it has made no special allowances for international media personnel when it comes to internet curbs.
A government spokesperson announced on Wednesday that media persons will not be able to access many politically sensitive websites during their stay in China for the Beijing Olympics. The Chinese had initially shrugged aside the unavailability of many sites as a technical snag on part of the concerned websites.
The International Olympic Committee’s pantomime on the issue was briefly interrupted when it vowed to take up the matter with the Chinese authorities, after reports of the censorship first emerged. But it now remains in its timid stasis and continues to appease the Chinese.
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Political games...
Submitted by dwr50 on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 6:28am
are for governments to play. The I.O.C. should concentrate on the games and stay out of the politics.
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Submitted by Talcum X on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 4:30am
Not every world problem has an American solution. We have our own people to worrie about and take care of. Their country, there rules. If we dont like it, we dont have to go there. Sit this round out. We dont want our finest athletes breathing that "air" anyways.
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It a little silly for
Submitted by horzo on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 3:13pm
It a little silly for Americans (and westerners in general) to get all self-righteous about Chinese censorship and human rights abuses when we suck up billions of dollars worth of Chinese exports. If we really cared, we'd stop doing business with them. Since it's basically impossible for us to stop doing business with them, we should probably just shut up and stop pretending that what they do to their own people really matters to us.
Word, yo!
Submitted by PhynaeusClaw on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 9:49pm
Word, yo!
Not only self-righteous......................
Submitted by opulent_rigs on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 3:32pm
but forgiving as well. That is the main reason why world does business and that prevents China from starving. Lets face it sanctions don't work either. Anyways, its your perspective. But with an orchestrated internet it feels like you are part of the Truman Show - very frustrating. My friends in Iran and UAE have gone through it.
Submitted by sdcat on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 2:39pm
It is their world, they have the freedom to when and how to open up their world to outside.
Submitted by AndyYankee17 on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 1:53pm
torproject.org, people, it's slow as hell but completly anonymous
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