May 09 2006
Family Censor
Another interesting article from NYT. Looks like Mr. French is ready to write a book about censorship in China.
Some quotes:
A classmate, Tang Guochao, agreed. “A bulletin board is like a family, and in a family, I want my room to be clean and well-lighted, without dirty or dangerous things in it.”
In the past, China’s efforts to control the Internet have often foundered in the face of the curiosity and inventiveness of Web surfers, who constantly find ingenious ways to find content that is banned and to discuss controversial topics.
(Here is the delima, even the free press in the West does not want to reveal publicly how to access this underground internet, how does it make any difference to a public that is closely monitored?)