China restricts news, discussion of Egypt unrest: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110131/tc_afp/chinaegyptunrestpoliticsinternetmediacensor
Can't say that this is entirely true as I am posting this from inside China, and as you can see, I have access to this yahoo news story. In fact, I have had free access to all the news yahoo has published about the Egyptian people's protest.
I have also been able to read similar stories in the China Daily, China's official English newspaper. The above story would also have you believe that searches are censored, but I have been able to run a search on Yahoo and Baidu both.
Of course, I am only able to speak for my area of China which is Zhangjiagang, in the Jiangsu Province.
What I do find ironic is that I have to use a proxy to access this blog to write about the supposed censorship of the Egyptian protests. Go figure. And, as well as this blogsite, I cannot access my photos on Picasa at all times. Sometimes they are available, and sometimes not. Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube are never accessible without a proxy.
Funny place this China!
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