China Blocking Access to Google News Site

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 30, 2004 @05:12PM from the backyard-smelters-and-now-this dept.

loconet writes "BBC and Reuters are reporting that China is blocking access to the Web site Google News according to media watchdog Reporters Without Borders. The organisation also accused Google of being complicit by filtering its Chinese-language site." From Reuters' version of the story: "The Paris-based group said the government had been blocking Google's English-language news Web site for about 10 days, after the company launched a Chinese-language version that removed politically sensitive reports."

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I wouldn't worry about it too much. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-30 17:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

In China, Google News is for old people.

Everyone mostly uses SMS to share news there, especially the teenagers. By the time it hits the online press it's so old it's passe!

True story - I have a friend in China on a student exchange program, and her cellphone's always up-to-date with the latest sports scores or forwarded stories from friends. Hey, at least they're involved!