China Takes Media Freedom and Shoves It
The 2008 Olympics kick off in exactly one month and China — which was awarded the games in part because of its promises to relax its draconian policies on foreign media reporters — seems to be reverting back to its old ways.
According to a report issued yesterday by the Human Rights Watch, entitled “China’s Forbidden Zones, Shutting the Media out of Tibet and Other ‘Sensitive’ Stories,” (brought to our attention by BusinessWeek‘s fine article), the communist government is limiting journalist access throughout the country.
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