It's a testimony to the power of the Internet. It's a reaffirmation of the Chinese government's commitment to the Great Firewall of China as a means of controlling what information reaches the Chinese public. It's a violation of International trade laws (maybe). Call it what you want, China has blocked YouTube to keep its citizens from seeing video images of the protests in Tibet.

According to Businessweek and Mazaqah, Baidu, 56.com and the Chinese versions of Yahoo! and MSN are still available to Chinese users because they are "sticking to the party line." Of course, that raises questions about their value as news sources. But you knew that already...


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