China's Google Block Sparks Media Group's Protest

China's Internet policy has been part of this blog for a couple of times already.

Recently, we wrote that the country was awarded an "Internet Villain" award to the Chinese government for its hard line against the online world and it seems that just to confirm the justification of this award, Google confirmed that the country has blocked the access to some of its Country News Pages.

The question is if this will be just one of those days where China blocks the access to some sites, or if the population starts complaining about it and asks for more transparency.

Reporters without Borders, a media watchdog group, "reported that Google News has been blocked for about 10 days. The organization also accused Google of pandering to Chinese interests and filtering its Chinese-language site.

"China is censuring Google News to force Internet users to use the Chinese version of the site which has been purged of the most critical news reports," Reporters Without Borders said in a statement. "By agreeing to launch a news service that excludes publications disliked by the government, Google has let itself be used by Beijing."

(By Asia Business Consulting)