The Chinese government has begun re-instituting stricter control over the media. This includes blocking internet sites that the Chinese authorities deem to contravene their domestic laws and/or policies. One of those sites that remains blocked is the New York Times online:

“The Chinese authorities continued blocking access from mainland China to the Web site of The New York Times over the weekend despite having lifted some of the restrictions they recently imposed on the Web sites of other media.

Some computer users abruptly lost the ability to view the site Thursday evening…”

link: New York Times site still blocked in China

In a way, this may be a compliment to the New York Times. Although the site is blocked, people in China still can have access to information, with the help of international friends. There are many ways to route around the government censorship. It may be as simple as a copy and paste to an email.

Catherine Forsythe