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China Rejects Internet Censorship Accusations (Again)

Here's a pointer to the "again" part here.

An AP newswire article, via The Globe and Mail, reports that:

The Chinese government said Wednesday accusations by a press freedom group it was one of the worst culprits of systematic on-line censorship were "groundless" and that its citizens could freely access the Internet.

China was one of 13 countries singled out by Reporters Without Borders in a 24-hour on-line protest Wednesday against Internet censorship. The others were: Belarus, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

"We find these accusations groundless," said an officer at the Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesman's office who declined to be named.

"The Chinese enjoy free access to the Internet and they can have the information they need. Currently, the information the Chinese people get is far more than before the introduction of the Internet in this country."

posted by Fergie @ 11/08/2006 03:00:00 PM