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==Online censorship in mainland China==
 
==Online censorship in mainland China==
 
{{wikipedia|Internet censorship in mainland China}}
 
{{wikipedia|Internet censorship in mainland China}}
The Internet in ''mainland China'' is censored, but ''not'' in Hong Kong or Macau.
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The Internet in the ''People's Republic of China'' mainland is censored, but ''not'' in the recently returned Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Taiwan being a completely different entity is also not blocked.
 
===Frequently censored words===
 
===Frequently censored words===
 
{{wikipedia|List of words censored by search engines in Mainland China}}
 
{{wikipedia|List of words censored by search engines in Mainland China}}

Revision as of 10:04, 19 July 2006

Online censorship in mainland China

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The Internet in the People's Republic of China mainland is censored, but not in the recently returned Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Taiwan being a completely different entity is also not blocked.

Frequently censored words

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  • 民主 (democracy)
  • 天安门母亲 (Tiananmen Mothers)
  • 王丹 (Wang Dan)
  • 法轮功 (Falun Gong), or 法轮 or 轮功
  • 美国之音 (Voice of America)
  • freenet

Current blocked sites

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Formerly blocked sites

  • PHP.net: possibly blocked by China Telecom
  • FreeBSD.org: blocked in December 2005-- release [1]
  • Google: Google in China
  • *.sourceforge.net (but not the front page)