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The Chinese author Han Han wrote a blog post announcing, “Other Chinese nominees include sensitive word, sensitive word and sensitive word.” It sounded like a joke, but one that Han’s huge fan base would immediately get. “Sensitive word” was a back stab at China’s web censors’ habit of sometime blocking common place such as blog posts and Web searches. Within a few weeks, his post created more than 25,000 comments, and almost all of the posts are in favor of the writer, only just a few who opposed are irritable about the state of online freedom in China. Some critics in China regarding the censorship forecasted that the information will inescapably dodge efforts to prevent it. There are acceptable reasons why the Chinese government applied limited access to the internet to abolish abhorrent discussions such as independence drives in the regions of Tibet and Xiangjiang and the banned religious movement call Falun Gong. There are tens of thousands of censors adapted by the Chinese government; restricting access to information both at home and abroad is a very difficult. Each work is screened by workers from large Web portals who take care of blocking contents which are inappropriate to the standards given by the Chinese government. This is popularly known as the “Great Firewall of China,” which authorities blocks access to overseas Web pages deemed offensive and secure domestic sites. Regardless of those restrictions, the internet in China rolls with debate over current events. China now has estimated 384 internet users, greater than the total population of the U.S. China’s Censorship: Sensitive Words is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →