Have you heard journalists in Beijing have complained that they're being denied access to certain websites?

Question

The Chinese government have denied that they are censoring the internet, but the journalists are still kicking up a stink.

Now, see, i can't help but think if i was the Chinese government i would have said "yeah, we censor the internet, but we only block child p**n and g*y fetish websites". i reckon the journalists probably wouldn't be so quick to speak out after that.

now how do i apply for a job in the chinese propaganda division?

Answer 1

The internet isn't the only thing being sensored, everything and everyone is being watched, if you want that, have a good trip.

Answer 2

Yep  that is probably it, they cannot get p**n in there hotel rooms that is not pix -elated

Answer 3

Is this honestly the first time you've heard about China censoring the internet. It has been going on for years, that is why a lot of the Chinese population do not have a clue about what is going on over there because everything is censored. It has actually improved believe it or not. Before the Olympics the BBC website was banned but I believe it can be accessed now.

Is there a reason why g*y fetish websites should be banned over straight fetish sites. Bit of a homophobe are we?

Answer 4

I didn't know you could.      If it's possible to censor the internet then why can't all these child p**n sites be banned?

Answer 5

Yes, some of my journalist friends complained that they can't get their favourite p**n sites for their daily doses.

Seriously, every society needs to protect the stability of its govt and the safety of its people. We in the west deemed that our system of govt is best safeguarded by certain forms of censorships. So certain things are off-limits to our media (yes, they are). You can't just print anything, willy, nilly. Certain sites are banned, such as those formenting extreme views of a certain religion. Or at least if you accessed them, you are likely to be marked. E.g. our libraries (and in the US) are told to look out for people who take out certain books as possible terrorists.

So if the Chinese govt thinks that its socialist system is likely to be threatened by idle talk which are sometimes baseless, it has every right to either censor them or keep a watch on those who indulge in them. After all, in the past such things have indeed been the triggers of social unrest and have led to the breakdown of law and order, leading to countless loss of lives. We do not know or remember that what we claimed was international trade which we foisted on the Chinese nation at one time, turned out to be drug running and pushing. They have reasons to be cautious. What we may claim to be harmless BBC reports may turn out, in the hands of disgruntled people, to be seditious propaganda designed to undermine their system of govt and their way of life.