China - We Don't Censor the Internet

kaufmanmoore writes "A Chinese government official at a United Nations summit in Athens on internet governance has claimed that no Net censorship exists at all in China. The article includes an exchange by a Chinese government official and a BBC reporter over the blocking of the BBC in China." From the article: "I don't think we should be using different standards to judge China. In China, we don't have software blocking Internet sites. Sometimes we have trouble accessing them. But that's a different problem. I know that some colleagues listen to the BBC in their offices from the Webcast. And I've heard people say that the BBC is not available in China or that it's blocked. I'm sure I don't know why people say this kind of thing. We do not have restrictions at all."

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Great Pumpkin

[chipper]

And I'm going to hold my breath while I wait for the Great Pumpkin tonight.

-Chipper

Re:Inspiration to us all.

[OrangeTide]

Only a lunatic would think that what the US did to non-white immigrants, african slaves and native americans in the 1800s was somehow acceptable. And a moron would think that the behavior of the US 200 years ago justifies the behavior of nations today. There is no justification for such behavior, in the present or in the past.

China has been around a lot longer than the US has (about 20 times longer). There is no "growing up" for China to do, they can do what they wish and there is little we can do about it. China's treatment of prisoners and ethnic minorities is pretty terrible and must be addressed, not defended. I'm not sure how you figure they are *more* capitalistic than the US. China has certainly turned into a nation of entrepreneurs, but I'm not sure how you've decided they are more or less capitalistic. What metric are you using to measure this?

When people's lives are at stake, there is little tolerance for error.

ps - Your analogy is bullshit. please don't use analogies to try and prove a point, it doesn't prove anything.