kurtblak
Jul 31st, 2008, 03:47 PM
What are the Chinese afraid of... I thought the Olympics was about the freedom of sports competition. Didn't China understand this when they campaigned so much for the olympics?
China restricts Web access at Olympics
Meagan Fitzpatrick and Aileen McCabe, Canwest News Service
Published: Thursday, July 31, 2008
China was under fire Wednesday in another controversy leading up to next week's Olympic Games, this time after admitting foreign journalists will not have unrestricted Internet access as promised.
Adding to the controversy was the International Olympic Committee's acknowledgment that it knew and "negotiated" over the censorship plans.
The revelations contradict repeated assurances made by both the Beijing organizing committee (Bocog) and the IOC that media would have unlimited Web access
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=da5debc9-7234-4558-9d51-759f1b0399b2
China restricts Web access at Olympics
Meagan Fitzpatrick and Aileen McCabe, Canwest News Service
Published: Thursday, July 31, 2008
China was under fire Wednesday in another controversy leading up to next week's Olympic Games, this time after admitting foreign journalists will not have unrestricted Internet access as promised.
Adding to the controversy was the International Olympic Committee's acknowledgment that it knew and "negotiated" over the censorship plans.
The revelations contradict repeated assurances made by both the Beijing organizing committee (Bocog) and the IOC that media would have unlimited Web access
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=da5debc9-7234-4558-9d51-759f1b0399b2