The international news media discovered to their consternation July 29 that Chinese censorship of the Internet will not be taking an Olympic holiday. So any online research you’d like to do on sensitive topics like Tibet, Tiananman Square or the Falun Gong had best be done before getting on the plane to Beijing.
But there is hope. U.S.-based Network World has some ideas to help you protect your access to information and hang on to information you’ve collected.
Hints in the article, Top Ten Ways to protect your Data at the Beijing Olympics, range from the obvious – “Keep your laptops, PDAs and cell phones within sight at all times” – to encryption advice and links to anonymizer sites designed to hide your Internet activity.
China’s Internet restrictions seem at odds with its pledge to allow free reporting during the Games. At the White House, press secretary Dana Perino said that Chinese Internet access has grown, but “China would be enhanced and continue to prosper if it allowed for more freedoms.”
President Bush will be attending the opening ceremonies in Beijing, but Perino said he also plans to talk to Chinese leaders about human rights, democracy and Internet freedom.
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FARAH
3 August 2008 at 06:11 EDT
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CONTACT TO THE WORLD MEDIA.
IN SOMALIA UNITED NATIONS ARE EMPLOYING WHAT WE CALL TODAY TERRORIST LIKE ALSHABAB OR PRO ALSHABAB IN THE FIELD TO DISTRUBUTE THE HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE NEEDY PEOPLE,THIS PEOPLE ARE KILLING AID WORKERS WHO ARE NOT PRO ALSHABAB,THE REASON THE UN INTERNATIONAL STAFF ARE FROM THE THIRD WORLD WHO ARE HUNGARY AND THEY WANT THIS PROBLEM TO CONTINUE FOR YEARS AND YEARS,NOW IN SOMALIA ALSHABAB IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE GOVERNMENT ECONOMICALLY BECAUSE THE INTERNATIONAL AID IS GOING TO THEM.