censorship

The contaminated milk scandal continues to reach beyond China’s geographic borders. Now France has recalled products which contain Chinese milk:
“…The recall is the strongest measure yet taken by a European country amid a worldwide health scare over Chinese milk products that has led several countries to ban dairy imports from China.”
link: France pulls [...]

The Times is reporting that China is censoring Apple’s iTunes:
“Apple’s online music store, iTunes, has been blocked in China after more than 40 Olympic athletes downloaded a pro-Tibet album from the site.
Consumers in China began inundating Apple help forums on Monday, saying that they could not access iTunes…”
link: China blocks iTunes over all-star [...]

Even before the first Olympic events begin, China has caused a major controversy. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was led to believe that China’s censorship protocols would be relaxed during the Olympic Games. The IOC was wrong:
“China is to maintain its censorship of overseas websites even for journalists covering the Beijing Olympics, undermining [...]

By far, the number of people online from China is the highest of any nation in the world. It exceeds the number of online citizens from the United States and the growth of the internet in China will continue at a unprecedented rate:
“…More than 253 million people in the country are now online, according [...]

The Wi-Ffi is free at the Denver International Airport. However, some sites are not accessible. They are blocked because they are “considered provocative”:
“…A report in The Denver Post says the airport is blocking Vanity Fair magazine’s Web site, the hipster site boingboing.net and others.”
link: Airport blocks some Internet sites
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