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The New York Times goes dark in China
The website of The New York Times has been summarily blocked in China after the paper published a report outing the immense wealth that Premier Wen Jiabao’s family has built up during his tenure as a top government official.
The Times culled regulatory filings and corporate documents and spoke to former business associates to arrive that the conclusion that Wen’s wife and relatives have amassed at least $2.7 billion, with most of it made while Wen was in power.
The paper stopped short of directly calling out Wen for corruption, as it was unable to find clear evidence showing that Wen acted inappropriately in his dealings. In fact, it noted that Wen himself has appeared to express some dissatisfaction at how his family has profited from their close connections to one of China’s most powerful men.
Regardless, the Chinese government has taken a hard line against discussing the finances of leaders’ families, especially in the run-up to its 18th National Congress, which takes place next month and involves a transfer of power. Bloomberg saw its website blocked in the country earlier this year after writing a similar story about the business interests of Xi Jinping’s relatives. Xi is set to become China’s next president.
Other websites that have been obstructed in China include Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as numerous politically sensitive sites.
The Times introduced a Chinese-language site earlier this year. That publication is also currently blocked in China.
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/10/26/the-new-york-times-goes-dark-in-china-after-expose-on-premiers-familys-fortune/
The Times culled regulatory filings and corporate documents and spoke to former business associates to arrive that the conclusion that Wen’s wife and relatives have amassed at least $2.7 billion, with most of it made while Wen was in power.
The paper stopped short of directly calling out Wen for corruption, as it was unable to find clear evidence showing that Wen acted inappropriately in his dealings. In fact, it noted that Wen himself has appeared to express some dissatisfaction at how his family has profited from their close connections to one of China’s most powerful men.
Regardless, the Chinese government has taken a hard line against discussing the finances of leaders’ families, especially in the run-up to its 18th National Congress, which takes place next month and involves a transfer of power. Bloomberg saw its website blocked in the country earlier this year after writing a similar story about the business interests of Xi Jinping’s relatives. Xi is set to become China’s next president.
Other websites that have been obstructed in China include Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as numerous politically sensitive sites.
The Times introduced a Chinese-language site earlier this year. That publication is also currently blocked in China.
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/10/26/the-new-york-times-goes-dark-in-china-after-expose-on-premiers-familys-fortune/
If anybody goes missing . . . we KNOW what happened! ha
LOL, I never do.
Nah, the white coats would've been here for me by now, in that case. .
Just don't answer your door. That's what I do. ;0)
Just don't answer your door. That's what I do. ;0)
Hilarious-- OMG guys the whole election rests on us!!!
Nah, the white coats would've been here for me by now, in that case.
Nah, the white coats would've been here for me by now, in that case.
Ha, can you see an aide running into the oval office with a print out of the latest posts!
You betcha...
I wonder if our government is reading this forum. Hm.
Communist China shut something down? Who'd have ever thought that such a developing country, so willing to help us out, would do something like that?
Oh well, it happens everywhere else.... why not a communist country?
Oh well, it happens everywhere else.... why not a communist country?
Even when I was in Taiwan we got censored Google until we went to Google/us.com
A woman I met who lived for some time in China told me how convinced the Chinese were that they had freed Tibet, not invaded it.
And we have censorship here too. All you have to do is leave the country and you will see the news which we are not seeing here in the US.
A woman I met who lived for some time in China told me how convinced the Chinese were that they had freed Tibet, not invaded it.
And we have censorship here too. All you have to do is leave the country and you will see the news which we are not seeing here in the US.
There are parts of China that allow very little to pass through. When my husband travlels to the North, we are cut off from communication as his cell phone (which has international coverage and works fine everywhere) doesn't work and he gets no email nor can he send any email (for a few days and then things trickle through). China is pretty big on the censoring.
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