"Authorities have begun blocking access from mainland China to the Web site of The New York Times even while lifting some of the restrictions they had imposed on the Web sites of other media outlets."
Free summary (above) at http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/world/asia/20china.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26refQ3Dmedia&OP=74fefc0aQ2Foyg_o0AqPKAAQ2BQ5DoQ5D22Q3BoaQ5DoQ5D2oyAKB0oQ3CPQ7DQ3CoQ5D2quQ7DQ20Q3CmuQ2BbB |
A larger coverage via AP at http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5goTlHz28jUIOSMcwiJD9mX6GVZyQD956H5N02
".... Computer users who logged on in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou received a message that the site was not available when they tried to connect on Friday morning, the paper said. Some users were cut of as early as Thursday evening, it said.
The Web site remained inaccessible from Beijing Saturday. ...." |
If new readers are not aware: http://blogoscoped.com/censored/ |
And 'Google Censorship FAQ' entry http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-03-02-n19.html |