In the midst of the big meeting, Reporters w/out Borders has released a report "by a Chinese technician working in the Internet sector" which closely examines the Chinese system of Internet censorship. I've wrote about Chinese censorship a few times--here, here, here, and here, to name but a few.

Ironically, the report itself has been blocked by the Internet censors in China:
Here's the report on RSF's site,
and here it is hosted elsewhere in case you're reading from China.

I've used tinyurl.com as a redirect, just to avoid the possibility of censors picking up the link text. But in any case, for those who are interested in reading it, there ya go. A tip o' the hat to Blogoscoped for that one.

And here's some other interesting censorship chatter going on around the blogosphere:

"Chinese Internet Censorship Machine Revealed" at itnews.com.au

"Tough Times for Chinese Bloggers" at Rebecca MacKinnon's site

"Tough Blogging the Communist Congress" from Global Voices

And my personal favorite: "Congress update: Ill-fitting trousers and dodgy vox pops" where Chris dug up this gem from one Chinese Net user:

The People's Congress is the whole country's representatives meeting time. During this time all the people have to shut their f***ing mouths. Look, what can you do when you have been castrated? If you have been castrated, how can you f***? All you can do is be f***ed.

My sincere apologies for censoring that last one.

 

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