China Blocks News Websites In Protest of Nobel

DaveNJ1987 writes "The Chinese Government has blocked the websites of the BBC, CNN and Norwegian public service broadcaster NRK, less than 24 hours before dissident Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo is due to be awarded the Nobel peace prize. China has been vocally critical of the plans to award the jailed writer the prize and has even gone as far as setting up its own 'Confucius peace prize' to rival the awards being held in Oslo tomorrow."

Looks like Slashdot....

[BlueBoxSW.com]

... is looking to get itself banned...

Seriously, when are we going to be honest about China's rise as an international bully?

Re:Looks like Slashdot....

[Lilith's Heart-shape]

We'd have to be honest about the fact that the US is also an international bully first.

Re:No appreciation for subtlety in China

[gstoddart]

Is anyone even remotely willing to acknowledge the slightest possibility that Assange may be, in fact, a scumbag, and that raping women is just something that scumbags do?

I'm willing to acknowledge the possibility ... but, these allegations, er, allegedly came about after the two women met up with one another and realized they'd both had unprotected sex with him and wanted him to get tested for STDs. The women (again, allegedly) didn't want him prosecuted.

I seriously question if Interpol and the whole world would have been notified of this if this was anybody else.

Are you willing to accept that the whole thing has escalated beyond a point that would have happened under any other circumstances and that this wasn't rape?

Re:No appreciation for subtlety in China

[moondawg14]

If you were a Chinese citizen, you'd be so used to the idea, it wouldn't even make you flinch. I visited China during the run up to the 2008 Olympics. I was watching CNN international. The reporter started talking about China's "increased tranpsarency to the press" or whatever term they were using then. The screen went black for about 2 minutes. When the picture came back, the reporter was done. This happened several times over the 2 weeks I was there. I was dumbfounded. It's just a way of life. The Chinese just shrug their shoulders and go on.