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China: Yahoo! furore

Categories: East Asia, China, Freedom of Speech

T-Salon is sickened by Yahoo!'s behavior in China [1] after it helped Chinese police convict journalist Shi Tao. Angry Chinese Blogger points out that the internal government circular Shi Tao was jailed for revealing included statements such as [2]: “Resolutely never express any opinions that are not consistent with the central (Government’s) opinion.” The China Herald is not impressed with what former U.S. President Clinton [3]and Yahoo!'s Jerry Yang had to say [4] about the situation at a Chinese internet conference.