CHINA: Censorship of the internet
A study by Harvard Law School researchers finds that China is the country with the world's most oppressive censorship of what its citizens can
view on the Internet. Chinese authorities block access to 19,000 sites, and also delete individual links or Web pages of which they do not
approve. Most of the disapproved sites are political in nature. When it comes to blocking pornography, China (at least for now) cedes the
first-place prize to Saudi Arabia: China blocks fewer than 15% of sexually explicit Web sites compared to Saudi Arabia's blocking of 86%. Ronald Hilton - 12/4/02
LAND OF THE CENSOR: CHINA
(New York Times, 4 Dec 2002)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/12/04/international/asia/04CHIN.html
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