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"I ... now understand that some IOC officials negotiated with the Chinese that some sensitive sites would be blocked on the basis they were not considered Games related," the Australian told Reuters on Wednesday. - You
"If you have been misled by what I have told you [over the months and years] about there being free internet access during the Games, then I apologise," Mr Gosper told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday morning in an exclusive interview. - You
""I was at the BIMC this morning and I was unable to access Amnesty [International]'s site and a couple of others, including a Falun Gong site and Human Rights Watch," said Jonathan Watts, president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) and a correspondent for U.K. newspaper The Guardian." - You
"A top spokesman said sites relating to spiritual movement Falun Gong would be blocked. Another said other unspecified sites would also be unavailable." - You
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"“There are some problems with a lot of websites themselves that makes it not easy to view them in China,” Liu Jianchao said. Hmmmm." - You
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"The conservative Republican from Kansas, citing hotel documents he received, added that journalists, athletes' families and others attending the Olympics next month "will be subjected to invasive intelligence-gathering" by China's Public Security Bureau. He said the agency will be monitoring Internet communications at the hotels" - You
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"The China Daily encourages the weather to behave better" (Danwei) - You
"Beijing promised to suspend its usual programme of monitoring, which slows down the internet, and call off the tens of thousands of spooks blocking emails, monitoring websites and reporting back to superiors. But the government line appears to have shifted. A leading official said that foreign journalists can enjoy "regular" access to the internet, but that did not mean total freedom. " - You
"This program helps Internet users in China to access the Internet faster and more stably. Many users report that Freegate makes visiting overseas websites just as fast as visiting local ones. A unique encryption and compression algorithm is implemented to secure and optimize users online activities." - You
"Horne has been summoned to the local police station three times in as many months for somewhat bewildering and intimidating interrogations that last for hours and probe his views on topics from Tibetan separatism to whether Jackie Chan or Jet Li has the best kung fu moves. " - You
" Paul French, consumer marketer and Shanghai-based founder of Access Asia, said the consumer marketing company cancelled a $500,000 party for one major international client after Chinese authorities banned outdoor venues, frustrated top executives seeking visas and made clear it would be difficult for athletes to leave the Olympic village for meet-and-greet events. "It just became one nightmare after the other," he said. "It's just not worth the hassle." - You
"Factory shutdowns and other industrial restrictions intended to help reduce Beijing's eye-searing smog for the Olympics are making business more complicated - and costly - for Chinese providers of steel, pharmaceuticals and other goods and services." - You
"The restrictions on fuel oil vessels entering China's Shanghai ports as a result of next month's Olympic Games have kept local fuel oil supplies tight." - You
