"I tell you, I ran my hand through Stalin's hair and
it just put a chill up my leg, and he seemed to like it!"
Posted on 12/20/2008 9:25:01 AM PST by NormsRevenge
BEIJING (Reuters) – China, widely criticized for its censorship of the media, this week blocked access to The New York Times, the newspaper said on Saturday.
When computer users in cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou tried to connect on Friday to nytimes.com, they received a message that the site was not available, the newspaper said.
There was no access to the site from Beijing late on Saturday without the protection of a virtual private network (VPN).
The State Information Office said it had no information on the case.
The Foreign Ministry said this week that China, which eased its rein on the Internet before and during the Beijing Olympics in August, was within its rights to block websites with content illegal under Chinese law.
China regularly blocks sites it finds unsavory, particularly those related to Tibet or critical of the Communist Party.
Access to the Chinese-language versions of the BBC, Voice of America and Hong Kong media Ming Pao News and Asiaweek were blocked early this month, Asiaweek said.
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Boy... are they smart.
Cool. Can we to that here? Being rid of the slimes would be a great benefit to all of mankind.
LMAO When the commies see a threat they take action. I fear someday China will be more free than we and what irony that will be.
Pffft. It’ll only stop the cowards and the dumb from accessing the NY Times.
Actually not, if the Chinese only knew the slimes held a common ideology.
5.56mm
Some of what they published could have been considered treason in this country.
Chinese know what is just pure fantasy. Even propaganda has an element of truth.
It’s not unusual for commies to be at each others throats, much like Stalinists and Trotskyites.
Leftists all have their own versions of political correctness and be more vicious toward each other than toward the “right” sometimes...... this is almost like the Sino-Soviet split..... :^)
Our “Pravda” is not politically correct in Beijing b/c they have their own “progressive” version of reality.
Good to know they recognize trash when they see it.
China is smarter than we give them credit for!!
Family spat in commie world.
Well done China. You are bigger than the NYTimes and the MSM for that matter. Don’t let them push you around.
How ironic. I am sure the NYT would support a communist Chinese takeover of the United States if it became an issue.
China’s leadership can sometimes show real signs of ignorance. In this case they are shutting off access to a paper that more times than not pushes the communist party line and worse. It makes you wonder how much the New York Times had to pay, to get them to do this.
“How can you say we’re a leftist rag? The Chinese government won’t even allow it’s citizens to read us.”
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