China condemns 'groundless' US criticism of web control

[demoleft]

Source: bbc

China has denounced US criticism of its internet controls, saying it could harm ties between the two countries.
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said the US should "respect the facts" and stop making "groundless accusations against China".

"The US has criticised China's policies to administer the internet, and insinuated that China restricts internet freedom," he said in a statement posted on the foreign ministry website.
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The Global Times said: "The US campaign for uncensored and free flow of information on an unrestricted internet is a disguised attempt to impose its values on other cultures in the name of democracy."

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8474011.stm

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while i can understand the jealousy of china about its own system (which i totally disagree on), i find this part worth a laugh:
"insinuated that China restricts internet freedom"

[FreakinDJ]

1. When will Corp China sensor our computors

[ShockediSay]

2. Why should they censor it? They've already been in it

and know all about your internet communications,

your bank accounts, your passwords etc.

[demoleft]

3. if they have seen my bank account i hope they will deposit some dollars out of pity. ;) n/t

[onehandle]

4. Aww... Is poor China unhappy because their slave laborers might learn that they're not in paradise?

Cry me a river.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. With the SCOTUS decision it's a likely future US model.

[Number9Dream]

6. While they poison us, our children, and our pets

Every other week another Chinese product is discovered to contain some kind of poison.

[DeSwiss]

7. Any day is a great day.....

...when you start it by pissing-off China.

- And who, by the way, deserves to be pissed-off.....

K&R