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China Blocks Journalists, YouTube

March 25, 2008 at 12:15 PM | 0 Comments

First the tourists, now the journalists. In the wake of the Tibet riots, China has been revving its propaganda machine, calling Western media coverage biased, preventing reporters from entering Lhasa and blocking access to YouTube. (Luckily, they didn't knock it out worldwide.)

On the other side of the world, several members of Reporters Without Borders broke through security to make a scene at the Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in Athens on Monday. One guy was able to unfurl a protest banner behind a Chinese speaker before being dragged off by police.

Amid all this, it's looking like the Olympic Games have slim chance of going without disruption. The whole debacle is disappointing; for all its facelifts and crazy stadiums, China still doesn't know how to run an open society.

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