China slams US criticism of Internet controls (GoogleGate)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/22/10 | Christopher Bodeen - ap

[NormsRevenge]

BEIJING – Beijing issued a stinging response Friday to U.S. criticism that it is jamming the free flow of words and ideas on the Internet, accusing the United States of damaging relations between the two countries by hoisting its "information imperialism" on China.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu defended China's policies regarding the Web, saying the nation's Internet regulations were in line with Chinese law and did not hamper the cyber activities of the world's largest online population. His remarks follow those made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who in a speech Thursday criticized countries engaging in cyberspace censorship, and urged China to investigate computer attacks against Google.

"Regarding comments that contradict facts and harm China-U.S. relations, we are firmly opposed," Ma said in a statement posted Friday on the ministry's Web site. "We urge the U.S. side to respect facts and stop using the so-called freedom of the Internet to make unjustified accusations against China."

In her speech in Washington, Clinton cited China as among a number of countries where there has been "a spike in threats to the free flow of information" over the past year. She also named Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam.

[Sir Gawain]

Can we just attack them already? Entire population and culture has Napoleon syndrome.

[ReneeLynn]

‘Information Imperialism’? Ooh emm gee!

[Star Traveler]

Beijing issued a stinging response Friday to U.S. criticism that it is jamming the free flow of words and ideas on the Internet, accusing the United States of damaging relations between the two countries by hoisting its "information imperialism" on China.

LOL... so the U.S. is exercising "Information Hegemony" over China now, huh?

ROTFLMAO

[teletech]

Hey China, SHUT UP and just keep shipping us the junk that we seem to crave.