China Blocks 'Egypt' On Twitter-Like Site 140
Suki I writes with this excerpt from news.com.au: "China has blocked the word 'Egypt' from the country's wildly popular Twitter-like service, while coverage of the political turmoil has been tightly restricted in state media. China's ruling Communist Party is sensitive to any potential source of social unrest. A search for 'Egypt'' on the Sina microblogging service brings up a message saying, 'According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search results are not shown.' The service has more than 50 million users. News on the Egypt protests has been limited to a few paragraphs and photos buried inside major news websites, but China Central Television had a report on its midday broadcast. China's Foreign Ministry did not respond to a request for comment on the events in Egypt."
These are our generation's defining moments (Score:1, Funny)
Re:This is news? (Score:5, Funny)
Are we going to hear about every time China farts?
Well, if they can get their entire 1 billion+ population to do it in unison, in a coordinated nation-wide "pull my finger" action, you might actually hear it. The US Geological Survey would probably release a Tsunami warning.
Re:These are our generation's defining moments (Score:2, Funny)
None of these are equatable!
In fact "equatable" is not even a word!
Maybe he meant to say "equatorial". Pearl Harbor, Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam. None of these are equatorial.