The Guardian has become the latest Western media outlet to get blocked in China.
For more than a year, China’s Web-censoring authorities, unaffectionately known as the “Great Firewall of China,” have blocked sites for The New York Times and Bloomberg, each of which published unsavory articles about wealth amassed by family members of Communist Party leaders. Other sites, including the Chinese-language versions of Reuters and The Wall Street Journal, have experienced temporary blocks. Interestingly, The Guardian’s site has published no such scathing articles.
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China Blocks The Guardian's Website
Posted by: David Vranicar January 8, 2014 09:59 AMThe Guardian has become the latest Western media outlet to get blocked in China.
For more than a year, China’s Web-censoring authorities, unaffectionately known as the “Great Firewall of China,” have blocked sites for The New York Times and Bloomberg, each of which published unsavory articles about wealth amassed by family members of Communist Party leaders. Other sites, including the Chinese-language versions of Reuters and The Wall Street Journal, have experienced temporary blocks. Interestingly, The Guardian’s site has published no such scathing articles.