YouTube blocked in China BEIJING – A video that appears to show police fatally beating a Tibetan protester was a fake concocted by supporters of the Dalai Lama, China said Tuesday — the same day the video-sharing network YouTube said its service had been blocked in China. A spokesman for Google, which owns YouTube, said he couldn't comment on the Chinese government's reason for the block. "We are looking into it and working to ensure that the service is restored as soon as possible," spokesman Scott Rubin said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. China occasionally blocks YouTube to prevent access to videos that criticize or shine an unflattering light on its policies. Users in Beijing said they were unable to access the site late Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency, citing an unidentified official with China's Tibetan regional government, reported Tuesday that the video came from sources tied to the government-in-exile of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, and was pieced together from different places. The Xinhua report said the footage purported to show a person named Tendar being beaten to death by police after a riot in Lhasa, the Tibet region's capital, on March 14 last year. Xinhua said the person was not in fact Tendar and the wounds shown were fake. "The Dalai Lama group is used to fabricating lies to deceive the international community and the aim of this video is to hide the truth of the March 14th riot," Xinhua quoted the official as saying. The government did not directly address whether YouTube had been blocked. When asked, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters: "Many people have a false impression that the Chinese government fears the Internet. In fact it is just the opposite." Users in Beijing said they were unable to access the site late Tuesday. Security in China's Tibetan areas has been tightened in recent weeks because of sensitive anniversaries this month. March 14 marked the one-year anniversary of anti-government riots in Lhasa, Tibet's regional capital, while March 17 marked 50 years since the Dalai Lama escaped into exile in India after Chinese troops crushed a Tibetan uprising. Armed police have been patrolling a Tibetan community in northwest China following reports that six people were arrested after a crowd of hundreds — including Buddhist monks — attacked a police station over the weekend. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet
who cares? No one views YT in China except for a bunch of whitetrash losers teaching high school English. Plus, YT made itself a MSM Shabi by wiping off anti-Dalai, Aiti-Obama, Aiti-USA clips.
Just what, pray tell, does this babbling mean? Can you give us a clue? I hate any censorship and I'm damned glad I don't live in a country that practices it the way China does.
What does that mean? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? No more great videos like this! <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x1LZVmn3p3o&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x1LZVmn3p3o&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
"The Dalai Lama group is used to fabricating lies to deceive the international community and the aim of this video is to hide the truth of the March 14th riot," Xinhua quoted the official as saying. The government did not directly address whether YouTube had been blocked. When asked, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters: "Many people have a false impression that the Chinese government fears the Internet. In fact it is just the opposite." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet[/QUOTE] Shame on the Beijing. Bunch of Micky mouses running the country. Let the people decide whether it's a lie.
Shame on the Beijing. Bunch of Micky mouses running the country. Let the people decide whether it's a lie.[/QUOTE] The 1.3 billion people had made their decision in 1949 and they certainly don't think their leaders as mouses. I'd kind of understand their censorship before China can set up an effective brain-wash media system like their western opponents did.
Nationalism is getting higher and higher in china.CCP blocking Youtube is not only for brainwashing us but also cooling down our angry brainless kids.
If only we could have done this last November... Our country would be a lot better off, and in much better hands...
