China under attack on all sides over media freedom
By Ben Blanchard | REUTERS
February 15, 2006
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is being forced on the defensive over its media censorship policies, fending off attacks from United States and even, unexpectedly, its own aging Communist Party officials.
This week, Beijing has had to defend its controls over the Internet, just days after U.S. Web giants faced bipartisan criticism in Congress for bowing to Chinese government demands to block sites and help track down critics who communicate online.
At the same time, a former secretary to Chairman Mao Zedong and a dozen other senior Chinese scholars and ex-officials denounced the shutting down of an investigative weekly as a "historic incident".
And the U.S. State Department has set up a task force to help American technology companies protect freedom of expression in countries like China that censor online content.
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