Chinese Government censorship

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Re: Chinese Government censorship

Postby JAS » Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:39 pm

Leaping Lindner wrote:It makes you grateful that we live in a country that doesn't tolerate censorship.

http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transc ... 331990.htm

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I still got places above China on my list of countires not to emigrate to...

Burma...or whatever they're called this week
Iraq
Afghanistan...in fact anywhere ending in stan
Iran
North Korea
Nearly forgot Zimbabwe and several other African regimes

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Re: Chinese Government censorship

Postby Sojourner » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:18 pm

According to the news today a British camera crew were caught by the Chinese authorities filming a Tibet independance rally and taken into custody for it...
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Re: Chinese Government censorship

Postby brod » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:06 pm

THE Beijing Olympic committee vice-president, Wang Wei, yesterday fired a fierce broadside at foreign media, saying China did not make any promises about media freedoms when it won the Olympic Games in 2001 and that the global press was nitpicking. :roll:

http://www.independentweekly.com.au/new ... 44889.aspx
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