China bans online left for the media

A number of sites remains inaccessible even for reporters who have been accredited at the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Associated Press.

It is clear that China is actively used by blocking many sites, but more recently the representatives of the Chinese side urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that there will be no censorship and bans journalists who come into the country for the Olympics coverage.

Some of the sites were released less than 10 days to when the first reporters who arrived in China, sounded the alarm, accusing the authorities of disrupting journalism. Then IOC President Jacques Rogge at a press conference in Beijing, said he was not responsible for restricting access to certain sites in China.

So, what the Chinese government is afraid of? . During attempts to move to such a web page, the system gives an answer in the spirit of ' page can not be displayed '. However, the filters of communism, there are more sophisticated ways of dealing with freedom of speech: when requesting information about the Chinese syncretic sect Falun Gong samozamorazhivayutsya search engines just by refusing to respond to resuscitation attempts by the user for as long as several minutes.

It is clear that this kind of situation is not the best way affects the willingness of the international press to cover events in China, however, and the position of the owners is very understandable. ' Yes, we promised to provide free access to the Internet media, but only with the exception of the few sites that pose a threat to our national security and not the best way would affect the healthy growth of our young generation' - said the general secretary of the organizing committee of Beijing Olympics. - ' As in any other country, we have a small number of limitations, which does not appear on covering the Olympics needs the media '.

Rebecca MacKinnon, who conducts research on Internet censorship in mainland China, said that the Olympic favors for the press did not improved the lives of ordinary people. ' I understand that the rules of access to even the Chinese were much more stringent ' - said Rebecca, who teaches journalism at the University of Hong Kong. These assumptions seem to be very plausible if we remember the advice provided by the Government on the dress and behavior on the eve of the Olympic Games. In particular, men are not allowed to roll up pant legs, and grow their hair below the collar, and women with thick ankles were asked to use a dark stockings.