China: We don't censor the Internet. Really

CHINA: WE DON'T CENSOR THE INTERNET. REALLY
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Declan McCullagh]
While many countries block off some Web sites, China has long drawn heightened scrutiny because of the breadth and sophistication of its Internet censorship. Which is why it came as a surprise on Tuesday when a Chinese government official claimed at a United Nations summit that no Net censorship existed at all. The only problem: Few cases of Net censorship are as carefully and publicly documented as the Great Firewall of China. A study by researchers at Harvard Law School found 19,032 Web sites that were inaccessible inside China.
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