Chinese Censorship: An Update
Filed under: Zportz
The International Olympic Committe released the following statement on Thursday, in response to recent reports that the Chinese government will censor the websites journalists and visitors have access to during next week's Beijing Olympic games.
They say:
"Our position is that the IOC has always encouraged the Beijing 2008 organisers to provide media with the fullest access possible to report on the Olympic Games, including access to the internet.
In light of internet access problems which were experienced this week by media in the Olympic Games Main Press Centre in Beijing, the IOC – namely Chairman of the Beijing 2008 IOC
Coordination Commission Hein Verbruggen and Olympic Games Executive Director Gilbert Felli – held meetings and discussions today with Games organizers (BOCOG) and Chinese authorities.
The issues were put on the table and the IOC requested that the Olympic Games hosts address them. We understand that BOCOG will give details to the media very soon of how the matter has been addressed. We trust them to keep their promise.
The IOC would like to stress that no deal with the Chinese authorities to censor the internet has ever in any way been entered into."
They sound like a bunch of pussies to us.
The IOC needs to take a stronger stance!
What do U think?
China has also recently blocked access to the Amnesty International site after they made a report about China's human rights abuses and how China promised to improve yet are making very little progress.
Re: damn – Get real they do torture cats & dogs. Google dog meat china & animals asia. I'm sure you will agree these animals live horiffic lives & have even worse deaths. Dogs are bashed to death around the head because the men believe the adrenalin going through their meat while this is happening makes them more virile. They have dog & cat farms where a lot of animals die on the loaded trucks going to market. If anyone wants to make a horror movie go where they slaughter these animals. Everything that breaths & isn't human is food to them. Yes I'm vegetarian, animal lover & I check labels so none of my money goes to the sick fucks.
Re: lulu – Well maybe we don't want to go to your country & I for one DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU CHINESE OR YOUR COUNTRY….:).
Re: Kimmy – OK,u suck,Jimmy,just stay in ur fucking country and always be a moron .
Sure that when censoreship comes from the US government, against indepedent photographers in irak, it's justified !!
Before judjing others, look at your own hypocrisy…
Re: joel – hahahahahahahahaha you think i'm a moron. You can't even spell my name right. You must be a chinese fuckhead hahahahaha thanks for giving me a laugh
Re: lulu –
Lulu, you are pathetic. I'm sure China is more opened deveoped economically…. compare to 1960s. But in terms of human right, the Chinese government still hasn't made the improvement that they promised. I don't understand how some people can tell others not to believe the media, when China HAS DONE all the inhuman act that has been reported. In China's case, they DO torture some prisoners, such as the fu-long-gongers and the ones who are not communnism inclined.
I think who fucking cares if tourists can get internet access or not.
It's the Olympics, watch it on TV.
Then when the Olympics are over, keep working on resolving the Human Rights problem, i.e. Tibet. Yeah, they were "liberated" so China could exploit all their natural resources and turn Lhasa into a red light district and the Potala into an amusement partk.
I'm glad the man on the street normal Chinese citizen has improved living conditions, though.
out.
Re: jo –
Thanks for the sharing the truth.
FREE TIBET.
i hate china!
rude dirty stinky spitting people
yuck yuck yuck
Give me a break! Is anyone surprised that COMMUNIST China is censoring the internet? I think it's sad that so many are "overlooking" the human rights abuses in that horrible country.
america's scared and jealous of china
china fucking SUCKS HARD.
OF COURSE they are going to try to censor everything bcuz they dont want the rest of the world knowing that they a CORRUPT group of people.
CHINA DOESNT WANT ANYONE ELSE KNOWING THEIR LITTLE DIRTY SECRETS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EXPOSED ON THE INTERNET.
china SUCKS. so does israel.
BOYCOTT THE GENOCIDE OLYMPICS 2008 (a.k.a. the Beijing Olympics 2008)
Re: Kimmy – who am i is not important.i cannot stand ur ignorant comment.NOT ALL the chinese eat dogs.those special dogs r raised for their meat,just like pigs or chickens do.u vegetarian cannot blame those who eats meat. u said chinese torture cats & dogs,how about the american soldiers tortured the prisoners of war in Afghanistan？？？？THAT IS EVEN WORSE!!!
Why did the IOC choose this location in the first place? I just don't get it.
Re: Anastasia – You are beautiful!! Don't listen to that moron sjefj.
lulu,
If china is so evolved, why do protesters need to request permission to protest, from the communist regime?