Censorship in the People's Republic of China
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Censorship in the People's Republic of China refers to the government of the People's Republic of China's policy of controlling the publishing, dissemination, and viewing of certain information. The special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau have their own legal systems and Taiwan (the Republic of China) is not controlled by the PRC government, so censorship does not apply in these regions.
Censored content often includes that relating to Falun Gong, Tibetan independence, Taiwan independence, police brutality, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, freedom of speech, democracy, pornography, certain news sources, certain religious content, many blogging websites, and the Chinese and English versions of Wikipedia.
Censored mediums include essentially all capable of reaching a public audience including television, print media, radio, and the Internet.
Reporters Without Borders ranks China's press situation as "Very serious", the worst ranking on their five-point scale.[1] China's Internet censorship policy is labeled as "Pervasive" by the Open Net Initiative's global Internet filtering map, also the worst ranking used.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ THE NEWS BY COUNTRY. Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
- ^ Internet Filtering Map. Open Net Initiative. Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
