17.02.2006
US house of representatives commenced hearing on "China and the Internet"
On 26 January this Weblog posted a feature on how Internet giant Google abides to Chinese censorship rules.
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives commenced a hearing on "China and the Internet". Four US based Internet giants had to respond to claims that they engage in business in China at the expense of human rights and intellectual freedom for Chinese and other users.
Leading executives for Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems were sharply questioned in the U.S. House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations at the initiative of committee Chairman Representative Christopher Smith, Republican of New Jersey.
Read this insight of the hearing by the International Herald Tribune:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/15/business/internet.php
Read also this feature of the BBC on how the Chinese goverment reacts to growing international criticism of its Internet regulations:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4715044.stm
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