Censorship

Picture of Tibet Separatist

Censorship is an interesting topic in China. There has been speculation in the media that China will selectively loosen censorship on the Internet for hotels, convention centers, and Internet cafes that westerners will frequent during the Olympics. This obviously is intended to give the perception that China is open.

I can tell you that censorship still exists in Beijing in spades. Recently, BBC television had several program segments which dealt with the air quality and China separatist activities (Tibet and Xinjiang autonomous regions). The TV was completely blank as these segments came on air.

As for the Internet there are many sites that we cannot get access to like Wikipedia. This blog is even censored for viewing, thankfully editing is not blocked.