Monday, July 06, 2009

China freezes Internet after Urumqi riots...

The Chinese government has made good use of its control over the nation's technological infrastructure to stop the spread of information about events in Urumqi.

It is well known that China has a sophisticated system that watches where Chinese people go online and monitors what they say. 

The control has been extended to search sites, with many people reporting that no results were returned when they typed "Urumqi" into local search engines. More...

See also:

  1. Ethnic rioting kills up to 140 in China's western Xinjiang region...
  2. Tens of thousands of Chinese fight the police in Shishou...
  3. China attacks Google over porn...
  4. Online world pitches in for Iran protests...

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