China Tries to Censor Foreign Countries
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Nov 3, 2009 17:41 JST
- Tags: Australia, Censorship, China, Events, Germany, Mass Media, Movies, Politics
China claims not to interfere with the internal affairs of other countries, but many are now alarmed by its efforts to enforce its own brand of totalitarian censorship on other countries, with several recent cases highlighted.
The BBC describes how the Chinese consulate brazenly “urged” the International Film Festival, held recently in Melbourne, to ban a film about a Uighur critic.
The director of the festival was shocked by this official attempt to censor the event:
“It came down to [the consular official] saying we need to justify our decision to include the film in the programme. It was a remarkable display of confidence and arrogance.”
The festival went ahead and included the film, but was then mysteriously subjected to a sustained campaign of hacking, threats and spam, with some going so far to threaten the director’s family.
The hackers defaced the website with a Chinese flag, and other Chinese participants swiftly withdrew their films, leaving little doubt as to where the trouble originated.
Although interest in the film actually increased dramatically following the fracas, the intimidation still made the event organisers reconsider how they include such films in the future.
Another similar case was documented at the recent Frankfurt Book Fair – the event was told to ban two dissident writers, which it initially did but then backtracked on. When they were finally allowed, their participation triggered a walkout by part of the Chinese delegation.
China even complains about nations allowing critics to enter their countries, having recently told Japan it should not allow the Uighur dissident over whose film it was so concerned to enter the country.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry says such actions do not constitute interference:
“I believe the Chinese government has not violated the principle of interfering in others’ internal affairs.”
A Chinese environmental campaigner, one of the writers China attempted to ban from the fair, explains bluntly:
“China is using its economic influence to threaten its trade partners in order to censor what they don’t like.”
With such a ruthless, corrupt and headstrong (or quite possibly terrified) government, such tactics are unsurprising, but with so many companies vulnerable to commericial blackmail stemming from their desperation to do business in or with China, the real scale of the problem could be much larger – how many such companies or even governments would be willing to publish or support opinions critical of China’s government if they had to forego commercial or political relations as a result?
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China is scary.
Get ready for WW3.
Oh come on. You hear occasional news that South Korea also censors a lot. From "Pro-Roh MH" to North Korea. Censorship is also necessary for democratic countries.
Sad reality.
This is old news consindering the Beasty Boys been through the process in China of being band to never sell there music in that Country because they supported "Free Tibet" Movement in 1996-2009.
I hate china so very deeply. I have never considered myself racist, but that idea takes a flying leap off the sears tower when you mention the Chinese.
fuck chinese corrupted officials, their daughters, and their daughter's daughters for what they did to their own people
Well, its the world's fault for recognizing the "legit" government to be Beijing instead of the rightful government in Taipei.
This is not the first time that commie country have tried to butt into other country's internal affairs. Most notably Korizumi's regular visits to the war memorial.
Suck to be it, I live in "Syonan-to". So WTF are they up to. Mean their woman's cut worth more than the rest of the world?
What's that? China denying people basic human rights, and threatening foreigners' lives, with people too scared to fight against it due to China having the world's economies in its pocket?
Sounds like terrorism to me. Let's "liberate" the fuck out of China if we finish up with Iraq.
What's up with human rights, it is something decided by the society itself. Every country (or even smaller communities) have different definition of human rights. There is no such thing as universal human rights, UDHR is just a mere guidelines. Just see the white haired dude in white suit ruling over syonan-to freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are restricted there.
OK, I'll stop here, I don't want to get sued for slander.
Actually the geneva convention defined basic human rights.
Obama is getting his ass kicked by terrorists in both Iraq & Afganistan, & now he's got the Nobel Peace Prize. I wonder when he'll be finishing up, if he's not planning to withdraw anyway regardless of the current situation.
The U.S. is on top of the list of countries that China can strongarm, especially with the hundreds of billions dollars worth of U.S. Treasury bills that they own... who knows how much some of the other western nations owe them.
The problem is a major of nation require China's inexpensive goods or another major recession would occur..
Who china think they are?
The ruler of the earth?
Get back to your gate, China!!
China just became the second Israel.
Prostesting at foreign countries for mentioning Nazi's in a slightly positive way, and requesting Monies and free Submarines from joke-nations such as Germany who ridden with guilt and self-hating.
This sure is proven to be quite effective.
And since China is a pragmatist country, of course they will adopt such effective policy.
Listening to you idiots about which country is what! is funny they make imaginary lines call it a name in you live in this fake circle I'm from france I'm from china
bunch of morons labeling spots like gangsters label street corners who gives 2 fucks where your sorry asses resides since you all be part of it some day its called EARTH..
Imagine........
John Lennon was right.
Shut up or I'm going to kick your sorry ass no matter where it resides...
dude, your so damn awesome!!!!
Here, kiss my ass, idiot
I always find it funny when a website gets hacked for some reason though. I wish I could do things like that.
actually this had always been the way our gov done things especially when concerning the (or so-called) separatists,,,and all you guys should know that if you read newspapers,
i dont see the reason it's worth being a new post,,,,
just, no such bashing posts for too long?lol
Chinese here loling at the mainland government. Pathetic, glad that I wasn't born there and that my roots are from Hong Kong and not mainland.
So very much like China. Their goverment think it's people are just bunch of sheeps, they have no need to know the truth. Now they telling that every goverment must think in similar way? Man, fuck you mister Chinese President whatever your FUCKING NAME is.
I think it's blatantly obvious that you're making an ignorant comment. You're not even educated enough to know the Chinese president's name, so how can people take your opinion seriously?
Watch out for Chinese hackers, Sankaku.
I doubt they're any more competent than the pathetic Korean hackers we had a while back...
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China seems downright surprised every time their attempts to censor something so it doesn't pain their country in a negative light overseas gets MORE attention than whatever issue they're trying to censor.
The festival might get a few thousand people interested in the issue. The heavy handed tactics used to try to shut them up make bigger waves than the Uighur problem and that reverberates to MILLIONS hearing about china pulling draconian censorship measures to suppress the knowledge that they're mistreating a minority.
Then they always seem surprised that they get called on trying to censor it.
They should do what we do in the US. Find a sensitive issue that affects a group, when we get called out on it, we "promise to address it" and say "it is such a shame that this is happening," then do absolutely nothing to fix it. We in the US are masters in the art of bullshitting the media, China should learn from us and come up with more believable lies.
the news only show china's good part, but they din't show they shadows~
The Saddest thing is that Everybody on earth knows aaalll about the Shadows part.. But Nobody do nothing... WE NEED GUNDAM POWER RIGH'NOW!!!
The more they ban, the more it shows how backwards/inferior compared to other countries, just like an ostrich.
Two words fuck them.
They can try and control what goes on inside their borders even though history has proven ttime and time again that it's futile.
But the hell with them trying to say what people watch and read about outside their borders.
amen
This will all stop when China implodes within the next 10 years. You cannot hide your corruption forever.
A woman leaded a violence in Urumqi, killed thousands of Chinese people there, and made a movie to explain what she did was right. So Chinese government banned this movie. That's it.
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I'm a Chinese too,i know Chinese is a bullshit,but i love Chinese very much,because i am a fucking CHINESE!
And these mother fuckers were supposed to be communists, radicals. What's up with all these conservative policies? These fuckers betrayed the revolution and are now reactionaries. They should be removed from power.
China is in Asia! Melbourne is in Australia! why cant they mind there own fucking business? I mean threatening a international film festival that's being held outside of their own country, WTF?
What? Chinese censorship? No way!
i'm a chinese and i hate china now...
luckily i wasn't born in china xD
I never liked China once even tho Im chinese.
These Goddamn Red Commies are becoming a problem. It's time to nuke the fuckers.
For you Hong Kong people, you guys and girls rule, and I am sorry that you are in the Epic Fail of China. I find Hong Kong to be a cleaner place then China. Also its true, Main Land China, is really crazy, but going after books and movie's outside of China...I have no words for it, my mind draws a blank.
Well later
From America, with LOVE!!
I'd say that our government is weak and sucks at PR management, rather than being headstrong & arrogant. They're too afraid that the publication of these movies would trigger "unrest" & "turmoil" within our state. They should've labeled the incident as terroism & anyone supporting it terrorists, just as USA did with 9/11. They're reluctant to do so because it will make things sound bad & threaten the "stablity" of the nation esp. on & before the 60th anniversary. Had that happened, any sensible Chinese would support the government's stance & denounce movies that praise criminals & terrorists. (If it's about environment & corruption that'd be different, but generally Chinese think that we can manage these issues on our own, and telling the foreigners about that is often viewed as wimpy & sometimes, due to our historical trauma, traitorous) the They did terribly on rallying (or rather, manipulating) the people into believing what they want them to believe, while the western media excels in doing so. Then the only option left for them is banning & censoring.
啧啧
China's arrogant surely not strange to the world, they have a tendency to look down on other country form middle age or sooner than that. That's also explain why they hate Japanese so much, they price being crushed by a nation much smaller then them.
This kind of reminds me of something else. I think there was like a European game company or something and they made a game of some sort depicting the US as the bad guys for once and they got in shit for it or something. Then I they argued back about how some American games freely blow up terrorists and the armies of foreign countries. Well, I guess this would be a milder version of foreign censorship.
When you have the Uighur dissident leader attending that certain Melbourne film festival as a guest of honour, it becomes a protest rather than a exercise of freedom of speech.
So China has every right to complain.
C'mon.
An Independent film festival, it seems to me, can choose it's own guests of honor.
People not running the film festival? They can shut the hell up.
I smell dog meat and wontons on this post.
I smell actual facts from someone who actually bothered to take a look at the other side of the picture
And an arrogant wanton fag.
Even if it was a country at war with China, Chinas actions would still be outright fascist(as in: the use of coercive force in a civil relationship between countries) and frankly illegal. It is a violation of the sovereignty of a nation as well as an offense towards any and all free speech(regardless of country).
I am seriously tired of mainland China. When will they stop with this bullshit? I feel disgusted that Hong Kong has to be a part of China. At least it has its own system.
Sounds like a certain other country. The world would probably be a more peaceful place if people accepted their own faults and stopped messing around with each other's countries.
I dunno. This seems to me to be another episode of Chinese (Government) Fail.
Silly Party Leaders! The more you complain and bitch about something, the more likely the rest of us will be to seek it out, if only to rub your noses in it more and more. ^^
There's is pervasiveness in perversity.
the chinese may want to censor everything. BUT THEY CAN NEVER CENSOR THE DECEPTICONS!!!
ALL HAIL MEGATRON! BLOW UP THAT SHITTY COUNTRY TO BITS MAN
C'mon dont't say nasty stuff liddat.
China's quite a nice place to live in.
Nio where else is as carefree, and more often than not, the government doesn't(can't) interfere with you, sop u got plenty of freedom.
Lol Government shill. Go back to your shitty anime rip-offs.
"The BBC describes how the Chinese consulate brazenly “urged” the International Film Festival, held recently in Melbourne, to ban a film about a Uighur critic."
If it was about Tibet but the Uighurs???
I don't feel the slightest sympathy for some turk-fascists.
China's a joke. Mongols were kicking their asses for centuries, Japanese were kicking their asses for decades, Russians kicked their asses in a fight at a certain lake, so it's just showing off of an attention whore.
Likewise, the Mongol's kicked their ass because of Genghis Khan, and because China was splintered at the time. Ironically, it was also Kublai Khan, Genghis' grandson, who became the first emperor of a more unified China. As for losing to the Japanese, that was because of one misbegotten empress that refused to industrialize the country when they should have and thus led them to be pillaged by various foreign powers.
It's only been since the last several decades that China has shown its potential, although it has also been a bit too ambitious.
Not to mention if it weren't for the foreign pressure and attacks from the Japanese, the Chinese citizens would never have supported communism.
But remember, the first bombs came from China. And China produced the Art of War which, apparently, was one of the few books read by Napoleon (the French shorty who rampaged across Europe). China was equal parts terrifying and amusing (depending on who is running the place at the time).
Point taken, but one smart man (Sun Tzu, in our case) cannot outweight the nation's overall failure. Besides, all of chinese genuine intellectual and cultural achievements are subject of ancient history, while China's today "accomplishments" are mostly limited to extremely cheap labor, flat-faced industrial and scientific espionage and conviniently flexible ideology.
Actually, every time China got owned, there was some kind of civil war going on. Now that China's actually united by the commies/wannabe capitalists, they're a pretty large power. They can probably surpass Japan's economy in a year or so.
China is capable of great and terrifying things, but all in all, it depends on who is leading the country. If you ever look back in Chinese history, you realize that whenever China reaches heights of excellence, there is always an excellent Emperor leading the country. And whenever China declines, there is a fool of the Emperor at its head.
Of course, now that there isn't an Emperor, but a Premier and a corrupt government....
And now my post got censored by sankaku because I mentioned that the Uighurs are some fucking turkic fascists... rofl
If the chinese were censoring something about Tibet, I would understand the uproar, but not about some turks who just fellt the urge to beat up and kill some chinese women and children.
No sympathy for criminals.
And I'm to be surprised by this? The middle kingdom complex and communism is a dangerous mix . . . .
There just a bunch of gold selling fags.. china sucks only thing good from there are the women and some not all >.>
Hmm, the guys at Sankaku sure take an interest in what's wrong with China. Not so much Japan, unless it involves underage sex.
Are you sure about what you are saying ??? Unless you
new to this site or being prejudiced, you would know that most the guys here interest in what's wrong with the world not just China and it shitty problems.
Unless you're purposely turning a blind eye, you would noticed a large majority of the comments and views to articles are in relation to China on this site. If not that is's usually related to Equality Now or some other Femnazi news. Each likely to cover over 300 comments and sometimes 400. The hentai teachers of Japan rarely ever hit 400 at all.
^ careful, this anon is maybe an EN spy !
That's because hentai teachers are hot. Anybody who doesn't agree is a sexually repressed faggot. China on the other hand... China sucks, no two ways about it.
...Do you have any idea what you just said? So you're saying the pedophiles molesting little girls are hot too? Jesus fucking christ. Anon 20:37 may not have said hentai teachers, but surely if you were smart you'd know that covers the lolicon teachers too. Your comment clearly shows that you are nothing but a Japanophile who loves "Grorious Japan!". Sorry if I'm a sexually repressed faggot if I fail to see the hotness of a pedophile, but it's better than being a Japanese pedophile sympathizer.
If you pay attention to what is important on this site you would realize that the chief concern is how much does the Xbox suck, and how disgusting is 3D pig.
China Quality is very low on the list (but always entertaining).
fuck the ps3. PC's crysis owns them in graphics any day. Now if only we can transfer those graphics to oppai....
seems like the first step of china's plan to take over the world. time to call the gundams!!!!! We're DOOOMMMMMMMMMMMEEED!
China - Despotism
Japan - Hentaism
North Korea - Nazism
South Korea - Pacifism
Hmm....
What's funny is almost every country has some things more prominent than others. Yet each country points fingers and never address their own issues XD
US - Patriotism or Religious Nutcases
UK - Moralistic Crusaders or Nanny State
Austrailia - Over Protective
Russia - 'In Soviet Russia...'-ism
Iraq - Terrorism
Can't think of one for Canada yet.
look at people hating when their country look bad
Canada - We kill baby seals.
Not anymore. Canada's on strike!
Yummy.
how about "the world's #1 disease" for the first one?
Canada - "Eh"-ism
that and:
Canada - "I'm not American"-ism
Is that supposed to be a good or bad thing. Maple leaves can only get you so far.
This
One of the least countries that i want to live.
China is just too large they have their places every country called "China Town" which is unfair we need some place on their country too
Well, there ia also a "Japan Town" existing in germany that is full of japanese people so china isn't the only one doing this...
I do believe they prefer the term: Little Tokyo, just as the Italians prefer the term: Little Italy
Really? We belong to China? And I always thought Chinatowns were people who managed to escape from China.
you are right, most china town are set up during chinese diaspora in early 20th century
Go *censored* yourself, China!
I say we go and exploit another vulnerable country with a disposable and cheap labour force.
I'm looking at you, Africa.
(Shut up, I know Africa's not a country.)
Why the fuck would you suggest raiding Africa? There's nothing there but lion and wildebeest shit piled up over there.
Platinum. Diamonds.
True. I'm just pointing out that there are more than "lion and wildebeest shit" piled up over there...
Don't forget the Nigerian Prince!
The companies already control that. No need to invade when the companies can already pay locals shit wages to get diamond.
You forgot the Somalian pirates and the Pyramids in Egypt.
Oh! An internet to you, good sir, for reminding me. ^^
That, and the World's Biggest Cat litterbox the Pyramids are sitting on the edge of.
Lolz agreed.
not being sarcastic but why hasn't any one built a big factory then pay their employees nothing in Africa yet, the u.s happy enough to invade middle eastern country to get oil why not try going in to a few African nations
Hehe, invade the Mid East for oil...you sir are an idiot, or European.
I think the U.S. hasn't used Africa because of all the violence. Too much hell breaking loose to get a company to run there.
Just because the US didn't exploit Africa (just, you know, Africans) doesn't mean the rest of the developed world didn't.
Which is not to say the colonial states were so great, but in most cases the standard of living has plummeted since they became 'indy'.
Pretty sure most of the cocoa that's used to make the world's chocolate is from Ivory Coast, and that place is a fucking shit hole.
Another major reason why Africa isn't as exploited is because they don't really feel like working under white people after they just left a little more than fifty years ago.
On the other hand, if you are Asian they fucking love you and want your investments =_=
So Africa is too dangerous because of a few warlords and uprisings, but perfectly okay with terrorist, Taliban and hellfire missiles raining down on middle eastern soil...
Either way, opening a business in either regions is suicide...
African regions with oil (West Africa) are already being exploited and dominated by western oil companies. The rest have no giant proven oil deposits. Take it from someone actually in the field.
Aids, uncivilization, and a crappy government. "USA" cannot conduct business with "africa" because africa's government has no control over africa. As such, it can't properly protect its citizens or its dealings in africa. Nobody IN the USA wants to conduct business because it is simply cheaper to do work elsewhere than to have to train and provide protection and all the other fun things you'ld have to do to get africans to do work for you.
C'mon you make seem all Africa is in constant civil war, there are plenty of countries which are stable, like almost all the Mediterranean countries, South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, etc...
It's because there's constant civil wars in Africa.