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China Breaks Promises on Internet Censorship, International Olympic Committee Does Nothing
China Breaks Promises on Internet Censorship, International Olympic Committee Does Nothing
Journalists in China to cover the Olympics are unable to conduct the research necessary to do their jobs properly because China is blocking access to web sites that contain information about China's human-rights policies. This violates a promise that China made to give Olympic visitors open access to the Internet. And, of course, the International Olympic Committee is doing nothing about ...
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Olympic Censorship Is Awesome
AwfulAnnouncing — ... right to read curse-filled nonsense about Dusty Baker. And that is a kind-of promise!Awesome. I wonder if it's because of the word "fire" in the title, but then again I'm not sure if FJM went on a recent run of anti-Hu Jintao articles (I heard he was a scrappy ball player). Someone over there let me know if AA is on the list. I'd be honored. A Journalistic Highlight (Fire Joe Morgan) Hu Jintao Does Not Care For OPS+ (Rocky Mountain News) China Breaks Promises on Internet Censorship, International Olympic Committee Does Nothing ...

China Confirms It Will Continue Internet Censorship Throughout Olympic Games
FanHouse — ... Yesterday it was reported that journalists in China to cover the Olympics weren't able to access web sites that contained information critical about the host nation, and today China confirmed that ...

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