Google to censor sensitive terms in China - Yahoo! News

"SAN FRANCISCO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Internet search giant Google Inc. will block politically sensitive terms on its new China site, bowing to conditions set by Beijing in return for access to the world's number-two Internet market.


The voluntary concessions laid out on Tuesday by Google, which is launching a China-based search site as it officially enters the market, would parallel similar self-censorship already practiced there by most multinationals and domestic players."...more

China to 'strike hard' against rising unrest

Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:50 AM ET
By Chris Buckley
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is preparing to "strike hard" against rising public unrest, a senior police official said according to state media on Thursday, highlighting the government's fears for stability even as the economy booms.
An unnamed top official of China's Ministry of Public Security told a Wednesday meeting that China faced a long period of dangerous social discontent, Xinhua news agency said.
"For a considerable time to come, our country will be in a period of pronounced contradictions within the people, high crime rates, and complex struggle against enemies," the official said.
"Contradictions within the people" is a Maoist term used to describe domestic social unrest.
China was suffering many "major sudden incidents" -- a term Chinese officials use to cover riots, protests and accidents -- the official added...More

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