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• I think you're missing the point, Mr. Webster, or spinning what is going on.
  
  Journalists are not complaining about their own plight regarding net access. They are reporting that the Chinese government has (again) going back on its word and pointing out 1) the Chinese government continues to try to manage its image through censorship; and 2) the games are much more important to them in terms of domestic prestige, so that managing what their people see of the Games takes precedence over international criticism over censorship.
  
  It was widely hoped that the Games might be a trigger for the Chinese government and the Chinese people to embrace a more open and less controlled society. Sadly, as this example shows, this does not seem to be the case. In reply to: "Can you 'report freely' on Olympics with Net restrictions?"

  July 31, 2008

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