China refuses to guarantee open Internet during Olympics
Found on Ars Technica on Thursday, 08 May 2008
China is refusing to guarantee that it won't censor the Internet during this summer's Olympic Games, but insists that the international media will still be able to function normally.
They said that while the government would be able to "guarantee as much [access] as possible," there's no way that China would turn off the Great Firewall entirely during the Games.
"I've not got any clear information about which sites will be shut or screened. But to protect the youth there are controls on some unhealthy web sites."
I wish the IOC would grow some balls and tell China that the games are cancelled. First they slaughter monks in Tibet who just want the occupying forces to leave, and now they don't even allow free access during the games as they're supposed to. It's about time to show China that it cannot do everything it wants and get away with it.