Don't censor internet, US urges China

Subject: Don't censor internet, US urges China Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:32 pm

American officials have urged China not to censor its internet after the government blocked access to Bloomberg's website. The Chinese government had denied web access to the financial news agency following an investigative story on massive wealth amassed by relatives of Xi Jinping, the man expected to become China's new president.

Don't censor internet, US urges China Ipadartwideworldjinping

''The US strongly supports respect for freedom of expression and press freedom in China, including over the internet,'' said a State Department official. ''We have continually urged China to respect internationally recognised human rights and fundamental freedoms on the internet, including freedom of expression.''

Bloomberg reporters and editors declined to comment on their interactions with the Chinese government in the course of preparing the story. But a company spokesman, Ty Trippet, acknowledged that the blockage of the Bloomberg websites and its magazine Business Week appeared to be retaliatory, ''in reaction, we believe, to a Bloomberg News story that was published on Friday''.
Advertisement: Story continues below

Bloomberg's terminals, which constitute the company's main platform for financial information and its main source of revenue, were not blocked, Mr Trippet said.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/dont-censor-internet-us-urges-china-20120630-219ed.html#ixzz1zK3faaIH

Don't censor internet, US urges China

Don't censor internet, US urges China

Anarcho-Capitalist Categorical Imperatives

AnCaps In Science, Technology & Environment