China, the Net and Free Speech

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Hi all

There's a proliferation of articles it seems on China and Internet
censorship, and here's another one from The Standard.

Cheers
David
China, the Net and Free Speech 
 
A pro-democracy activist in China was put on trial Tuesday in western
China in the first-known criminal prosecution for publishing
political materials on the Web. 

Computer engineer Huang Qi was arrested June 3 after publishing
articles commemorating the 1989 protests in Tiananmen square on his
Web site, 6-4tianwang.com. The "6-4" in the URL is a reference to the
date of the government crackdown of the 1989 Tiananmen Square
protests. Western activists and news organizations reported hundreds,
maybe thousands, were killed when the Chinese military broke up the
protests. The Chinese government has always played down the military
action.
 http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,22222,00.html


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