Chinese Man Sues State-Owned Cell Phone Company For Blocking Google

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 9, 2014 @12:54AM from the we-wish-him-much-luck dept.

jfruh writes China is notorious for censoring the Internet for its citizens, and access in the country became particularly spotty last year as the government tried to block any commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Tiannamen Square massacre. But now one Chinese man is striking back through the courts. A 26-year-old legal practitioner is suing his cell phone company, the government-owned China Unicom, and demanding a refund for periods in which he was unable to access Gmail or Google's Hong Kong search page.

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Good luck. Nice knowing you. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-09-09 01:00 · Score: 5, Insightful

The rule of law isn't quite ready for prime time in China. I applaud his courage, but I'm afraid he will wind up some place unpleasant. Deng Xiaoping made a deal with the people after Tienanmen: capitalism, as long as the Chinese Communist Party remains in control. This would strike at that control. The CCP, not the state, runs things.