China Blocks Internet in Urumqi
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: China, Internet, Censorship, Riot | Themes: The Internet
China has blocked Internet access in Urumqi for 48 hours.
China kicked into high censorship mode yesterday by shutting down Internet access in Urumqi, the capitol of the northwestern region of Xinjiang, in an effort to control the flow of information stemming from Sunday's bloody riots. Many Urumqi residents were told that access would be denied for 48 hours, while others have confirmed with Reuters that Internet has indeed been cut off. Outside the region, China residents have not been able to gain access to websites related to Urumqi and Xinjiang regional governments.
The censorship doesn't stop there. Other reports indicate that users in Beijing and Shanghai are complaining that Twitter has been blocked, and that searches in Fanfou.com produced no results when entering "Urumqi," "Xinjiang" and "Uighur." However, despite the government's effort to control information related to the riots, China has been unable to keep everything contained. Many unverified images claiming to be taken during the riot have appeared online, only to quickly disappear.
Despite the restrictions, many users have found their way online, and have expressed anger towards the incident. However, those too have fallen under China's heavy hand, especially those comments relating to the violence in Xinjiang. China fears that comments will spark ethnic hatred or provoke questions in regards to government policies toward "regions populated by ethnic minorities." On some sites, comments regarding the "unrest" in Urumqi were removed by late Sunday afternoon, replaced with the words "this posting does not exist."
According to Reuters, the government is blaming Sunday's riots on exiled Muslim separatists. China has previously block communications in portions of Tibet during a period of "ethnic unrest," or when the government feared that ethnic unrest would erupt.
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Yes! I for one I'm glad that China is finally getting a taste of the Islamic Extremists.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is calling China for 'tech support' right now
if this happens in the US dont you guys call it a conspiracy?
No this is called censorship. The beuty of the internet is, you can never truly stop everything from getting out.
I'm glad I don't live in China... ( no offense to you China people ) Censorship is not my friend.
this posting does not exist.
Communism!
Your friend and mine!
You mean fascism.
if this happens in the US dont you guys call it a conspiracy?
*chuckling*
well, i'm an american with a sense of humor... unlike the other dildos who've negatively rated your comment.
if this happens in the US dont you guys call it a conspiracy?
funny
im also form US and love this comment
this posting does not exist.
LOL great one
Communism!Your friend and mine!
actually ciommunism isnt qutie what chine (or russia for taht matter 0 are /were a true communism is catully more like a democracy with communist economics (ie the goverments owns all buisness and they spit products up evenly) or at least that was teh idea , in China (and russia of the past) theys et up a dictorial communism , while teh goverment own buissness utilities ect ect , the govemrnet is not ran under a communist idal , but under a dictatorship.
jsut clairfying some facts im not a communist my self i just like to see facts made clear , tired of the bulls shti our goverment fed to us still being used today.
correction : I meant to say "fed to us in the 1950's"
Facist, communist, same F*ing thing. Do get me started on this.
Keep it up, chinesse people! REBEL against the Tranny!
actually ciommunism isnt qutie what chine (or russia for taht matter 0 are /were a true communism is catully more like a democracy with communist economics (ie the goverments owns all buisness and they spit products up evenly) or at least that was teh idea , in China (and russia of the past) theys et up a dictorial communism , while teh goverment own buissness utilities ect ect , the govemrnet is not ran under a communist idal , but under a dictatorship. jsut clairfying some facts im not a communist my self i just like to see facts made clear , tired of the bulls shti our goverment fed to us still being used today.
Yeah, heard about that crap too many times recently. Why don't you try persuade people to do altruistic labor for others? It'll never work. Why don't YOU do some altruistic labor for others? Why don't you share all your wealth with poor, homeless, and people living in minority ghetto? Economics is not just about supply and demand. It is also about carrot and whip. Most men do work because they want money to hump some pussies, pay debts and raise children. If men get paid equally no matter what, then no one will work, and the government need to force them into work. That's slavery. You can't deny me on this because I've seen it first hand in my life experience. Slavery by the state, that's you are preaching for, without basic knowledge and understanding of human nature. Far left and far right are all the same.
Yeah, heard about that crap too many times recently. Why don't you try persuade people to do altruistic labor for others? It'll never work. Why don't YOU do some altruistic labor for others? Why don't you share all your wealth with poor, homeless, and people living in minority ghetto? Economics is not just about supply and demand. It is also about carrot and whip. Most men do work because they want money to hump some pussies, pay debts and raise children. If men get paid equally no matter what, then no one will work, and the government need to force them into work. That's slavery. You can't deny me on this because I've seen it first hand in my life experience. Slavery by the state, that's you are preaching for, without basic knowledge and understanding of human nature. Far left and far right are all the same.
Why do you even bother trying to decipher demonhorde's messages!
Anyhow, in theory communism is the best form of goverment - it's a brilliant system where nobody can attain something they don't deserve. Its only in reality it fails. The system isn't adepted to people that have a will of their own. It cannot work in real life. Police state, senate and democracy can work though. And appearently chinas goverment is depending on the first of those.
china is known for its such censors
china is a hell country.
it shows wrong information to its people
manipulates data and shows them its own news to them
it kills innocents muslims in uighur but points at indian kashmir which was home to pakistan sponsored radical terrorists .
uighur muslims don't want separation ,are peaceful but chinese leave no reasons to convert their land ,by changing the demographics
shame to china ...it will go down soon
pakistan paindabad
I've been to that area of China to do field work before. There isn't much to censor. Gobi Desert, Tian Shan Mountains, Taklamakan Desert... I think 3 guys could have it censored by noon.
I think the reason China gets so upset with the violence out there is they've got their main nuclear weapons testing base out there in Lop Nur.
This is not a China problem, this is a global problem. China may take censorship to the extreme, but look close at other countries and you will see censorship as well. Some believe, as I, that freedom of speech is a Right. As you can see, some may disagree with me, but that is one of the many reasons why I live in the Unites States, versus Iran or China. What the citizens of China and others need is the ability to bypass Internet filters and express their concerns. China and Iran are the two primary battle grounds, but there are many more.
1984.
Yes very Orwellian.
lol you guys voted down demonhorde's explanation of communism. Capitalism has it's own version called the patriot act.
actually ciommunism isnt qutie what chine (or russia for taht matter 0 are /were a true communism is catully more like a democracy with communist economics (ie the goverments owns all buisness and they spit products up evenly) or at least that was teh idea , in China (and russia of the past) theys et up a dictorial communism , while teh goverment own buissness utilities ect ect , the govemrnet is not ran under a communist idal , but under a dictatorship. jsut clairfying some facts im not a communist my self i just like to see facts made clear , tired of the bulls shti our goverment fed to us still being used today.
Implementation is far more important than theory. They have dictators because shit just doesn't get done if no one is in charge, you'd end up with anarchy if you tried to have communism without a dictator.
you guys seem pretty full of hate for communism.
i'll do a magic trick, i'll make this comment Disappear!!!:
COMMUNISM IS AWESOME!!!!!!1!!1!
This is the muslims that causing riot in Urumqi. Always the muslims
we want more tech news , not politic news , please
China communistic? What a laugh. China is not even Socialist. The U.S. is far more socialistic than China, and getting more so. China is the same as always, a fuedal society, it is just that the power is in the hands of a few people who for no other reason than floating under a banner that would gain cannon fodder support, choses to continue to call themselves that. The Chinese Communist party is a closed party by invitation only. Few Chinese people are members and become fewer in number each year as the revolutionist army veterans die off. Only the elite educated are allowed in. One must first apply, then a committee votes on their admittance. Out of hundreds of applicants, maybe one or two will actually get in. It is a "good ole boy" private club and it is where all the power in China lies. Under no definition does this even relate to communism. As far as the people go, no free schools, no free medical, no free food, no free rent. Poor people are expected to work..wait, maybe that isn't a bad idea..
you guys outside of urumgi do not know the real extent of this riot my wife lives with me now in the uk but her family still live in urumgi since the riot the internet in urumgi is still cut off the figures you all hear of the dead is nearly 1800 and not what you all hear of around 300 the goverment give you this figure because it shows thay have it under control if thay were to show the truth then it would show thay could not control it and other countries would start to send troops in to help with the situation this is not what the chinese goverment want we are still able to speak to my wifes family as some times thay go to beijing were the internet is still ok there is good and bab from both sides but the worst is that we were shown a picture of a pregnant chinese woman that was killed by the muslims and her unborn child was cut out of her dead body ?? ask your self what had this girl and her child ever done to the muslim (othing ) her husband then went out and killed a muslim the police arrested him and he was then sentenced to death shot for his actions when i was in china the muslims were holding pictures up of a road traffic accident which happend in may which killed the people on the motorbike but the muslims were stating the police shot them this is totally untrue as i saw this accident it was a taxi hit a motorbike the more i hear the more i hate the muslims thay should be greatfull to the chinese over the last 100 years thay have given them jobs and modernised them but as with alot of muslims thay want more and more so thay steel and terrorise the chinese even before the riot the chinese are afraid to go by taxi after 11pm in kashi as the taxi driver robs them or takes them to the mountins and kills them it is months before the body is found and all evedence is lost by that time i do hope the muslims start riots hear in england i will be the first out there to sort them out when i see muslims now it makes me hate them