China's firewall around Tibet

China is trying to control information from Tibet, but Web users have ways around that. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports.

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[rominausa]

when even in California ,at the store we find garlic "made in cina" it is a time to ask ourselves , does EVERYTHING have to be made in china?

[sheraton114]

The four noble truths- Buddha.

[SDG977]

Chinese government is doing very wrong.Its 21th century.Not only Tibetans also simple chinese are also angry with the government.Free peace Nobel prize winner.

[bluemelon12isback]

The new restrictions will be more strict and the officials are requiring all internet cafes and business owners to implement it. There's an article on RFA that really explains it.

It's on their homepage (search Radio Free Asia) or under Tibetan News

[iamlumin]

Very clear. Exactly factual. And yes for many Chinese the truth hurts!

[carmalishiss]

These wang ba are required to record individuals' official identification and file their customers' online activities for 60 days.

If a user tries to access inappropriate Web sites, the wang ba is supposed to disconnect the user and file a report with a state agency. If a violator is found, punishment can include fines and, reportedly, imprisonment. Given the huge number of users, however, this practice is not always enforced.

[carmalishiss]

Individuals working or volunteering with state agencies patrol emails and blog posts. Search engines such as Google and Yahoo have agreed with the government to calibrate their search engines to comply with the country's filtering. Chinese search engines such as Baidu, China's most popular search engine, also comply.

Of China's estimated 210 million internet users, most log online at public computers or Internet cafes, known as "wang ba".

[carmalishiss]

How Internet Censorship Works

The Central Propaganda Department is responsible for overseeing censorship in China. Several separate state agencies censor online content by blocking websites, blogs, bulletin boards and e-mail.

There is a variety of ways that online information is censored. When using a search engine, certain keywords have been limited to provide filtered search results. At times, an error page will appear. At the highest level, selected IP addresses are blocked.

[tommyboysailor333]

TO ALL FREE TIBET FOLKS: Let's do our best to SNUFF OUT that torch flame; this is like spitting directly into the Red China elite gov't. that executes all pro-freedom lovers and sells their organs on the world market afterwards...."The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing...."

[Groek123]

China imprisioned now all critics in front of the Olympic games ! As I say , the most dangerous Nation on this Planet !!

We all must stop them now !!!

Help to Boycott their Products all over the World !!!

Don´t buy Chinese Products ,help stop them!!

Don´t buy Chinese Products ,help stop them!!

Don´t buy Chinese Products ,help stop them!!

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[77ynck77]

Read more about this on wikileak.

And I don't know if everbody knows but their have been propaganda videos on youtube about why china will always belong to china and that our western media lies.

We must put pressure on the evil goverment of china.