Beijing Olympic is a Shameful Scaldal -- IOC agrees to Internet blocking
at the Games

International Herald Tribune

IOC agrees to Internet blocking at the Games

By Andrew Jacobs
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

BEIJING: The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday what journalists
arriving at the lavishly outfitted media center here had suspected:
Contrary to previous assurances by Olympic and government officials, the
Internet would be censored during the upcoming games.

Since the Olympic Village press center opened Friday, reporters have
been unable to access scores of Web pages - politically sensitive ones
that discuss Tibetan succession, Taiwanese independence, the violent
crackdown of the protests in Tiananmen Square and the sites of Amnesty
International, Radio Free Asia and several Hong Kong newspapers known
for their freewheeling political discourse.