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China on “Google Farce”: Our Internet Is Open

John Paczkowski in News on January 22, 2010 at 7:06 am PT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on Internet censorship Thursday and her call for an investigation into charges that Chinese-backed hackers attacked Google have met with a bristling and indignant response from Beijing. In a statement posted to China’s Foreign Ministry Web site, Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said the United States should “cease using so-called Internet freedom to make groundless accusations against China.”

Filtering Junk Mail and Buying Laptops

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on December 2, 2009 at 5:32 pm PT

The columnist answers questions about filtering junk mail from the iPhone and buying a laptop for a middle school student.

China to YouTube: YouBlocked

John Paczkowski in News on March 24, 2009 at 12:09 pm PT

China’s access to YouTube, which has been intermittent at best, ceased entirely late Monday, apparently choked off by the country’s legendary Internet filtering system. There’s no formal explanation yet for the block, though it may be in response to a seven-minute video posted to YouTube last week showing Chinese soldiers brutally beating Tibetans last March after the riots in Lhasa. China, after all, isn’t renowned for its tolerance of free expression or dissident speech.