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See also, from last year: "China unblocks news sites as leaders gather" http://www.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/asia/10/17/china.web/ And: "Probing the Great Firewall of China, courtesy of the Berkman Ctr" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03932.html --- From: Tuyet A Tran To: declan@well.com Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:30:05 -0500 Subject: [Please Remove my e-mail address, if you're fwd.] China partially blacks out BBC and CNN Hi Declan, This article might be of interest to you or other politech subscribers. Best, Tuyet ------------------------------------------------- Chinese authorities intermittently blacked out broadcasts by CNN and the BBC on satellite feeds to hotels and foreign compounds in the capital on Sunday. The disruptions came as Communist leaders held a week-long party congress that is expected to anoint a new generation of leaders. Security for such events is intense, and state-run local media have been instructed to limit controversial or negative news. Authorities blocked CNN file footage of an interview with dissident Fang Jue and a brief mention of Falun Gong, banned by the government in 1999 as an "evil cult", during a feature about the search among Chinese for spiritual solace, said CNN Beijing bureau chief, Jaime FlorCruz. He said the blacked-out segment mentioned that Falun Gong had attracted millions of followers before it was banned and showed footage of its members going through their exercise-meditation routines. There were also reports that segments of BBC news broadcasts directed at Beijing viewers had also been blocked out since the congress began Friday. Government censors can use a delay of several seconds between the times the signal is received by the government's satellite, Sinosat,and the time it is relayed to earth stations and viewers in hotels and compounds for foreigners. http://www.mediareview.co.uk/news/mediaeurope.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------