Not Cool
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It's news like this that makes us happy we live in a FREE country.
According to new reports, China will censor the Internet used by the foreign media during the Olympics in Beijing.
This completely reverses the pledge the government had made to offer complete media freedom during the games.
Sun Weide, a spokesman for the organizing committee, said "During the Olympic Games we will provide sufficient access to the Internet for reporters."
He also added that journalists would not be able to access websites or any information connected to the Falungong spiritual movement, which is banned in China.
Weide added that some other sites would also be unavailable to journalists, but did not specify which ones.
Oh, and did we mention that the Chinese people have to deal with this every day? The same thing in Cuba.
Their government blocks out certain sites and restricts access to their people.
Craziness!
Any moron who thinks China "isn't so bad" should watch "China Blue" on PBS's Independent Lens. Heck, everyone should watch it. 13 year-old girls making ten cents a day sewing jeans that sell for $90 in the west. Our importers are to blame for their exploitation as well.
this is approx the 136th reason i will be boycotting the games in china. not watching one minute, one clip, one news blurb! i know it makes no diff in reality, but it makes me feel better, so.
Perez you Big mac eating,Corporate media watching,no-child-left-behind dullard….you're far from "Free".
I was just in China and was truly reminded of what amazing freedom our great country gives us. I was in China studying abroad so I often had to do online research. It was such a pain in the butt because some of the topics I wanted were restricted. Every page I clicked on about Tiananmen Square was blocked. I also had the police checking talking about me when I was walking through Tiananmen Square tired off my ass. I spent a lot of the time freaking out that someone was going to bust my door down and arrest me because I looked up something "inappropriate" on the internet. Surprisingly, I could still look at Perez's site and some other celeb sites. I did end up getting one of my American cell phones blocked. Luckily, I have two cell phones and was able to use my 2nd throughout the rest of the trip. I won't completely put down China because I still had a great experience. The people were real nice and Beijing has cleaned up a lot because of the Olympics. The most important thing is to be respectful of their culture and rules even if you don't agree with them!
Why the Hell are The Olympics being held there anyway?
This is why China sucks and doesn't deserve the opportunity to host the Olympics.
Re: sara – : Where did you get your information? I saw a lot of black people in China and people responded very well to them. In fact, a lot of them were stopped and asked if they could be photographed. The Chinese native was always in the picture, holding the black person, and smiling! They do the same thing with people who have very fair skin, blue eyes, and blonde hair.
Perez, you are an IDIOT! Our country will no longer be a FREE country if your Muslim Democrat is elected into office. Does anyone even realize the CHANGE he is pedeling. It will make this country almost communistic and take away almost all our FREEDOMS. Wake Up America!!!!!!!!
Oh Perez. I know you think you DO live in a free country, just like thousands of other Americans, just like you. But deep, deep down, you know that's NOT true, right? I've always considered you a smart guy. Don't disappoint me. B
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I just never understood why they were given the privilege of hosting the Olympics in any case.
Haha I just got back from China! While there I went on to perezhilton.com and seattletimes.com almost every day. The only thing that REALLY gets censored there are protests, banned religions, and any sorta anti-china propaganda.
Re: A Rod – Good post.
Actually, "Weide" is his first name, "Sun" would be his last, so the sentence should be "Sun added that some…"
America a free country? *rolls eyes* Wake up fatso, don't kid yourself.
Sorry folks we are headed to the same place with all the political correctedness in our society. There's a whole list of words we are no longer "allowed" to say…. people are losing their jobs for saying nappy headed ho so frankly….. that will be us in another few years
I'm african-american and lived in China for 6 months last year with a wealthy chinese family. Before I went to China I heard that they weren't accepting of blacks and they censored everything, wouldn't let foreigners go certain places and all kinds of nonsense. I went anyway and found most of those stories to be greatly overexaggerated, if not completely untrue. Yes, China does censor some parts of the web but most Chinese are so websavvy they get around them so easily and can pretty much access whatever they want. The majority of Chinese are very proud of the progress they are making and I think its awful how people are trying to put a damper on their successes. No country is perfect and no country is truly free. As a black person in China, most people I met didn't treat me any differently other than gawking which was just out of simple curiosity. I made a lot of friends foreign and chinese. Bottom line is don't believe everything you read.
China is fucking nuts what the hell they just band people from promoting in some places so people promoted things for the games by shaving it into there hair styles. CRAZY!
It's Falun Gong - two separate words
WE TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!!
IT'S A DICTATORSHIP
WHY HAVE THE OLYMPICS THERE?
WHO GOT PAID FOR THAT DEAL?
unmadeinchina.org
THERE IS NO FREEDOM IN CHINA
Free for how long? Remember FISA? The bill your boy Obama voted FOR instead of against like he promised. One of his thousand broken promises and lies.
At least Hillary was a woman of her word and voted against it.
Whatever. It's not as if we don't already know this about China. Let them solve it. The internet will get them in the end, without a doubt. In the meantime, the Olympics is about amateur sport, and China is turning themselves inside out to do a great job right down to pulling cars off the streets to provide clean air.
THE CHINESE GOV'T PAYS PEOPLE TO BLOG PRO-CHINA PROPAGANDA
SO TAKE SUPER PRO-CHINA BLOGGING WITH A GRAIN OF SALT!
Re: scott – Your disinformation is showing; Obama is a far cry from what you're implying. Your agenda is showing; you might as well check your fly while you're at it. What a feeble and unmeritorious parallel you proffer. Did you say there were WMD in Iraq, too? Pffft.
Re: Sara – If you truly think that, then you have the intelligence of a fruit fly, and should not reproduce. Everything you wrote is bullshit propaganda, and disinformation that Obama refutes openly on his website.
Do some reading, good lord. Go back to school. You're scaring yourself for nothing.
you do NOT live in a free country. You should travel a bit more…besides London and the U.S… there are far more free countries out there.
Remind me - how did they GET the Olympics anyway?
Re: YO – #122 - And the U.S. doesn't?!? Lol. Watching your 'news' from another country for eight years was like reading Pravda (soviet propaganda) compared to the real news from other industrialized countries a lot of the time. Your press seemed to have their own agenda for a very long time. It was baffling. It's waking up a little now. Good luck with that.
How is this any different than George Bush spying on American citizens?
CHINA IS A GREEDY FUCKING COUNTRY. They want everything to be "theirs"
Its pathetic.
sick of u american fools, you maybe looking down on chinese and cuban people like fish in a tank but don't you know you're in a cage created by your pathetic government as well? Democracy? Freedom of speech?? My arse.
Just like you, the chinese and cubans don't know that they live in such a world either because WHO CARES about those pathetic indulgences when ppl can get on with life as usual.
Re: annie –
umm, what the fuck have you been smoking? Hong Kong was originally part of China, until the English people came and occupied it. And in 1997, the Hong Kong returned to China. It's the same with Tibet and Macou. And even Taiwan is originally China's land.
and to those who said that you are proud to be american, go right ahead, support that moronic president of yours, it's your country that's going into recession, and it's your country that owes China millions and millions of dollars, I wouldn't be trash talking you benifactors if i were you.
Cripes, listen to the Americans foisting their antiquated puritanical judgements on other nations. Foist them on yourselves first and get yourselves out of debt. Have you forgotten that it's China you owe a great big pile of money to? Diplomacy, please. The Olympics is about AMATEUR SPORT. Let it be. Deal with other stuff collaboratively and respectfully when it's appropriate. Don't slam it down unwelcoming throats at the point of your damn guns.
um…just so u no, google, which was created and is being run primaraly from america, allowed the chinese governemnt to sensor google in china…so i dont see why this case brought up by perez is such a shock to so many of you…
Re: Ashe – OMFG!! ahaha. rlly? china wants everything to be theirs??ur so retarded, if theirs any country in the world that wants complete power, its the fuckin usa!!
when all is said and done, not counting western european countries because i'm not qualified to say so, americans have more freedom and prosperity than anywhere.
IF OBAMA WERE A MUSLIM I'D STILL VOTE FOR HIM, WHILE NOT MY RELIGION OF CHOICE, ISLAM IS NOT A HORRIBLE RELIGION.
FREE TIBET.
If you think you live in a free society … your more stupid than I thought. The US government tells you what they want you to hear. btw, I'm from Massachusetts
Re: kenda – Hmmm I think Kenda should move to China then and get a clue about what Perez was actually talking about.
Re: wow – NO TIBET WAS NOT RULED BY ANOTHER COUNTRY AND THEN RETURNED TO CHINA. IT WAS AUTONOMOUS AND HAD BEEN FOR CENTURIES.
lots of countries control what their population sees on the internet - this isn't limited to china, and it's not special only for the olympics. no one cares until it affects them - then they call bloody murder. but really, who cares? as if they can't do research before they go, or ask someone at home to send them anything they might need. there are many BIGGER problems going on in china than blocking certain internet sites. gimme a break. if journalists don't approve they can stay home.
ha ha! America the "FREE Country"
You really think that American news channels report the truth..!!??
What a joke. Stick to what you know.
Olympics are meant to suck this year!
Anyways this means that you are so NOT popular in China right Perez?
Re: AngelGangztaBitch – for someone who talkerzz lIke diZ, you sure got lots of things to say.
first, i suggest you graduate middle school.
second, do some research about china.
third, shut the fuck up.
Re: lulu – hahahhaa, read the news to learn about china? this is why america is not a free country, dumbasses like you believe anything you are told.
i was in china a week ago, i went on facebook and perez every day. learn the facts before you barf out facts that make you seem so stupid.
The Olympics Amateur sport helps to IMPROVE world relations. During the cold war, you sent a message by kicking a country's ass in the 100 m sprint or the relay or in the Olympic pool, and out of respect for, oh, WWIII, you respected said country's hosting of a world event and left the political haggling for diplomatic talks at another, more appropriate time. Smarten the f**k up.
BOYCOTT THE OLYMPICS!!
What people expect freedom from a repressive communist country with no human rights??
I am boycotting the Olympics because of their lack of human rights and their treatment of the people of Tibet and the Dali Lama,and their hatred of any religion.
If everyone boycotts then they can not profit more than they already have for their communist terror.
They also censor TV. If yo uhave a satelitte, and happen to have access to USA channels, words will be censored or certain portions of programs will be completely blacked out! Very funny!
Re: lizzy – STFU and read #145, idiot. The first Olympics was held in 776 BCE. Skip to 1986 to Athens, Greece, where they held the first modern day Olympics. If man cannot rise above their differences to host a friendly, politically free sporting event, then you may as well pull the effing plug. If your view is typical, it's no wonder Americans are having trouble.
You are condoning hijacking a healing world amateur sporting event because you have a bee in your bonnett and YOU have a personal political agenda. What a tool you are. Are all Americans like you? I think not. I'll bet you withhold sex when you don't get what YOU want.
that is NOT what the sky lookslike in china!
Re: lizzy –
i used to live in the "christian capital of china". ive been to church. ive had many friends who were christians. disproves your little claim of "hatred of religion" much?
all you people who scream "COMMUNISM" whenever China is mentioned, please, do some research. anybody who has gone to china in the last 5 years will see that it has come a long way from the mao-ist days. oh, btw, ask any body on the street of china if they prefer china now or 30 years ago. undoubtly they would say today. why? standard of living has gone up tremendously.
falungong is a cult created by a crazy money hungry man. the cult does not allow their followers to seek medical help and have crazy rituals like eating their own children. so how is it "not cool" to ban websites that are for falungong?
ITS GETTING FUCKING ANNOYING THAT PEREZ U KEEEP FUCKINGG POSTING STUFF ABOUT CHINA SRSLY WTF HAVE U REALLY LEARN OF THESE ISSUES? HUH IF U.S IS SUCH A FREE COUNTRY WHY CAN'T U JUST GO UP TO A GOVERMENT OFFICIAALL AND FUCKING ASK FOR HIS SPENDING RECORDS, WAIT U CAN'T BECUZ HE HAS A FREEDOM NOT TO SHOW IT TO U. OOOHHH~ FREEDOM HOW AMAZING. BTW CHINA DO THIS BECUZ PPPL LIKE U WILL SEE A RANDOM SITE AND HOLY SSHIT CHINA DOES THIS AND THIS . BTW THIS AND THIS IS CALL A CULTURE. SO YEAH PEREZ MAYBE U SHOUDL LIKE GO TO CHINA ATLEAST FOR TWO DAYS THEN UWILL REALISE WAT A FUCKING LOSER UR : D
Sadly….we are NOT a free country…
Re: Whate – True - just back from 10 days in China (7th trip in 18 months). Perez was available all the time. Isn't that enough for you?
Oh yeah, liberals are always SO glad we live in a free country until it comes to war…
i'm a chinese and it's all true what's said above.
we're bothered but can do nothing~i guess we're accustomed to it.
Re: f – Where the hell do you get your information from if not from new sources? You also presume that I mean American new sources which is incorrect on your part. Being able to access a website from China is a completely different thing than the oppression that I am referencing. You my friend, are the dumbass:)
to everyone who thinks America is not a free country….go live in China for awhile and then get back to me….PEACE
that's not true..they get like almost all internet access except for like youtube or something liek that which is really dumb because they have a better website for videos ahhaha,
and anotherthing.
american kids are scary people.
BOYCOTT THE GENOCIDE OLYMPICS
Re: Carin – WOW, China going back on their word to the UN?
How much money is it that the US owes to the UN in dues? 392 million dollars as of December 2007.
And of course the US government has never gone back on its word to the American people. (Oh wait, WMD anyone?)
Nobody's perfect.
Im in china for the olympics now and stuff is definately blocked….government security is CRAZY! atleast there's perez or i would have DIED!!!
Wow your late China has had gate keepers for a long time now!
where is the source for this?? and i am in china right now and not surprised that i can go on this site
Uhh, P lo, the government is checking your email and listening to your phone calls, and congress made it legal after the fact about a week ago. Bush had been listening in to everyone's phone calls since before 9-11, and when Qwest communications pointed out that it was illegal they got a beatdown and every other phone company in the US put in the equipment to shunt calls through government owned computers for monitoring. Sorry to bust your bubble, but the Chinese do it the same way we do, with the same equipment.
Re: AngelGangztaBitch –
you sure your boobs are real?
I'm very proud to be an American and we have a lot of freedoms that we all take for granted. I get so tired of people who live here bashing on America, someone would gladly take your place believe me. I for one hate that the Olympics are being held in China…I was hoping it would be held somewhere else.
Re: Miche – #161 - Yeah. Like U.S. Americans aren't responsible for any innocent civilian deaths anywhere in the middle east or asia. Oh, wait…gotta go…Guantanamo is on CNN here in my country. Bye.
At least the Chinese government puts it out in the open about the things you can and cannot have. American government is far worse for pretending and brainwashing you into believing they care about you when in face they monitor your every move, and they won't bother you as long as you are playing their little puppet. As soon as you open your mouth to tell the truth they will take you and lock you up. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather prefer to know the rules of the game, than not knowing what they're hiding behind my back. Wake up fattie, America is FAR FROM A FREE COUNTRY! But of course you wouldn't know that because you're too busy stuffing you fat face.
I have been in China for 2 weeks, and I can look at Perez… but the huffington post will not work… WTF???
Personally I don't give a crap if the government monitors my emails or calls. I have nothing to hide. Face it, the government doesn't give two shits what MOST of us are doing online or over the phone lines. Intelligence gathering is nothing new and it didn't start with Bush. Some of you act like Bush himself is spying on your every move…give me a break! Nobody bitches that the credit card companies track every item you buy just by you swiping your debit card…but you have a problem with the government possibly tracking terrorist communications via the internet? I find it more offensive that the credit card company knows every purchase I make at Target.
sometimes i wonder why you are such a dumb ass
they dont censor the medias access only. the whole country is censored ALL the time.
you can thank google for working with china to restrict information about democracy etc.
if your so pissed about it and glad you live in a free country. why dont you do something about it instead of whoring yourself out to mindless celebrities who are horrible influences and most have no actual talent
the sad part is, how many people, including myself read your website.
i just hope for other peoples sake they arent as stupid as you are
my taiwanese friend told me that China dislikes Taiwan so much that they also banned most of the Taiwanese websites and blogs. I guess it's a great way to control their people.
Is it too late to change locations? seriously, this crap is ridiculous and that country should have never been chosen in the first place. Also, to Kenda from the third comment, this almost has nothing to do with the olympics, more to do with the outrageous and inhumane politics of the country in which they're set: China. Get with it and try reading a whole article next time.
China's worked their ass off for years to put on a great games. Be. Gracious. Of course they have tons of security. They, too, worry about terror marring an event that is supposed to be POLITICALLY NEUTRAL. Read those last two words again.
A marathon runner or pentathlete or swimmer is a dedicated and champion athlete, not a political animal. If you want to have a pissing contest about political ideology, organize an Olympic Debate complete with judges.
Who gives a crap about the stupid olympics in this shitty country. They probably want to sensor what goes out in case the reporters find the horrific way dogs are bludgeoned to death. Cats also. Anything that breaths in China that isn't human is food to those freaks. If you wanna see more of the absolute cruel way animals are treated over there google dog meat china or animals asia. Big eye opener to those sick fucks. Don't cars if it is their culture, there is no need for the horrific conditions these animals live in & the cruelty they have to endure. It is disgusting & I hope they get a bigger earthquake over there & get rid of the slitty eyed fucks.
as someone that lives in china this is not very unusual
im sure we will live
china isnt like america it isnt a free country as much as you want to think it is
George W. is going. He and Laura are gonna have great seats. Lucky guy. Tickets have been completely sold out.
just one more reason for Sharon Stone to hate China…
As an American living in Shanghai, China you can hook-up to the internet almost everywhere and it does not seem to be very hard to get onto any website including Perez Hilton. It's not as bad as it's made out to be. In fact, it's kinda of a nice place to live and work. Chinese people are really nice and friendly!
Now, why are u shocked??? Aren't the libs doing if for you?????
Iranian children….. do not count?..US is responsible of most unfair deads and injustices around the world.. and ya ll do it for money or oil…. .. I'm Dominican we've had two U.S. A . invasions in least than 100 years: Your soldiers do nothing but bring destruction, amorality, stupidity and poverty to our country's…besides taking over our natural richness. I don't think you have the moral right to criticize. Please stop stealing and killing before talking..
Any of you idiots ever lived in another country? YOU ARE the downfall of America, happy???
Re: ss – Wow. Racist bastard. What have the Chinese people EVER done to YOU personally that you make such disgusting and hateful comments? Obviously you're from a place where it's okay to be rude, unmindful of others, and completely uneducated.
Yes, they took back their promise. How many places do you know of that HAVEN'T done that?
Re: Whate – i welcome people come to China and experience it on your own. Pls stop judging before u really see it!
besides, i'm Chinese living in Shanghai and i can freely open Perez, youtube or hi5,etc.
NOT IN HONG KONG!!!!
Re: annie –
I rarely reply here, but it would be a shame of my life if not to your stupid comment. Hongkong is not a part of China??? I guess u either r an ignorant kid born after 1997, or just a completely assssss！！！～～！！I think I'll take the latter guess!!!!!!!!!!!
And perez, dont talk bout china like you know everything about it! ok??and thanks for your concern on us, we live just fine!!!!!
RE: ss says – reply to this 58WHO GIVES A SHIT JUST DONT FORGET THE HOT SAUCE LIKE THE LAST CARRYOUT just think of all the chinese prostitutes sucking visitoes long time its like sticking your dick into an order of eggfooyoung with extra gravy. Fortune cookie reads, man has lots of hair on his head but on the hole women have more. Will the us team get their laundry done there before they leave. I thought Woody Allen would try out for the team hes into yellow sex with minors
HEY! I always use SS as my handle, theif!!! From now on I won't, thanks to you and these hateful comments. You sound ignorant. Second your comments have nothing at all to do with Chinese politics, or the Games or the reason why people shouldn't be watching. STOP USING MY HANDLE DICK!
SS
We have a similar form of censorship here in the usa as well. Search engines have lists of web sites they are not supposed to pull up for us called disallow lists. There are videos on youtube on the subject…
Wow, Perez, it's almost like China is a communist country, where media restrictions like this go without saying and aren't at all newsworthy because THEY ARE ASSUMED.
You call the US a free country???
Better check the Terror-List, your name is probably on it.
Oh, and check the phone records and email records your goverment is saving.
Helluva Freedom you got ther!
greetz.
THAT'S WHY THE FRENCH PROTESTED SO HARD DURING THE PASSING OF THE TORCH IN PARIS ! BOYCOTT THOSE FUCKING GAMES AND STOP PURCHASING MADE-IN-CHINA CRAP !!!
I live in Beijing, go to school in America, and honestly, I don't think America is as free as it seems…at all, it's controlled by the media, the corporate, and to some extent the military because that's where all your tax money goes.
I love you perez, I read your site here every day in China, but I'd really hope you do your research before you write these things out…That whole "China hates black people" thing is ridiculous enough, I went out to Sanlitun (where all the bars are) last weekend and saw plenty of people of all kinds of races there.
We are trying our best here because of the Olympics, we would really appreciate it if Americans could appreciate all the positive aspects, like how every one here in Beijing is trying to learn English, and people are volunteering to help foreign tourists. We are keeping the streets really really clean, trying to solve pollution problems and providing bilingual information booths EVERYWHERE.
China's not perfect, we have to work on a lot of things, but you keep giving out false information on your website is not something we appreicate, at least, do some research before you publish these things. The western media is always biased too, please remember that.
Olympics sucks! Nobady care about sport or human right. Turn off your TV, boycott the sponsor and let them know. We are tired of being marketing abused ! Wake up…
Listen up…our goverment whats to do the same thing. they want to sell up the internet to the handfull of large corporations who will control which websites load the fastest, if and how much you will have to pay for certain sites etc. I highly suggest people educate themselves about net neutrality before its to late.
This has been said before, but power in numbers - since WHEN has the US been FREE??
PS imagine if the olympics had been in China during the Cold War? AMAZING.
PPS I was in Beijing last year and there were street vendors ALL OVER Tiananmen Square selling 'Beijing 2008' memorabilia. We bought some and are going to tell everyone in twenty years that we went to Beijing in 2008 for the olympics. Genius.
guess what that happens here too.
This is why China will ultimately fail in its attempts to be a modern and economically competitive nation - its leaders are so freaking paranoid of ANYONE speaking out and questioning the government, they pull this kind of shit!
yeah, besides politically controversial website…ummm….how about the block or knock out your facebook (and other social network) pages sometimes!! WTF????!! yeah. fucking fascists. and everywhere and everything in china fucking smells like asshole, trust me, i happily just left that shithole of a country last week!!! hahahaahaaa
If all of you nasty people don't like Perez, then why do you read his blogs and comment on them. Sounds like you guys are the losers!
As much as censorship sux in any sense, I would much rather censorship that I know about than hidden controls which the US have been VERY good at for the past few centuries.