China claims it needs no internet lesson from U.S.
By siliconindia   |   Monday, 25 January 2010, 15:25 IST   |    5 Comments
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China claims it needs no internet lesson from U.S.
Beijing: China has said that it does not need an internet lesson from U.S. after being rapped over information freedom. A speech by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday showed a lack of respect for China, which cannot accept conditions on matters of "national security" or "social stability," said Beijing Association of Online Media Chairman Min Dahong, according to Reuters. Relationship between U.S. and China has already been stressed due to trade imbalances, currency values, U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan and tensions over human rights and Tibet."How China's Internet develops and how it is managed are Chinese people's own affairs. On the Internet question, China doesn't need any lessons from the United States on what to do or how," Min said in an interview with state-run Xinhuanet.com. Clinton criticized the cyber policies of China and Iran, among others, and demanded Beijing investigate complaints by Google about hacking and censorship. Earlier Google had warned that it may shut its Chinese-language google.cn website and offices in China after a cyber-attack originating from China that also targeted other firms and human rights campaigners using its Gmail service. According to Reuters, Websites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are blocked in China, which uses a filtering "firewall" to prevent Internet users from seeing international web sites with content China's Communist Party opposes. "Hillary's speech on January 21 insinuating that China lacks freedom of information and speech is in fact disrespectful and doesn't stand up," Min said.

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