[Marxism] "site cannot be found"

[Brian Shannon <brian_shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

BEIJING (AP) - Microsoft Corp. has shut down the Internet journal of
a Chinese blogger that discussed politically sensitive issues,
including a recent strike at a Beijing newspaper.

The action came amid criticism by free-speech activists of foreign
technology companies that help the communist government enforce
censorship or silence dissent in order to be allowed into China's
market.
...

Microsoft's Web log service bars use of terms such as "democracy" and
"human rights." On the China-based portal of search engine Google, a
search for material the Dalai Lama, Taiwan and other sensitive topics
returns a message saying "site cannot be found."


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