IOC Bows To Chinese Internet Censorship
Posted July 31st, 2008 by quarsan
The International Olympic Committee is one of the worlds most dubious organisations, being noted for bribery, corruption and so on. Their standards haven't changed. It turns out that they did a secret deal with the Chinese to have 'certain sites' blocked - not just from Chinese citizens, but from the International media.
Add to this the new news
Add to this the new news that Chinese journalists have been sent new orders from the government banning them reporting certain things. I would have thought this Olympics would at least make the Chinese government relax for the duration of the games. Instead it seems the opposite.
I hope the quantity of foreigners and journos in China at the moment forces stories out to the Chinese public. I hope the govenments tight controls end up undermining it.