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<description>A defiant China is standing firm on controversies swirling around the Olympics, hitting back at the United States over human rights criticism and insisting internet censorship will remain</description>
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<description>China has blocked access to several sites including Reporters Without Borders.</description>
<title>A Reporters Without Borders Chinese language website blocked in Beijing.</title>
<pubDate>Jun 26 2007 12:58PM</pubDate>
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<description>Some members of the International Olymipc Committee have questioned China's right to hold the Olympic Games, following the muzzling of the international media covering the Games.</description>
<title>Beijing media muzzling causes outrage</title>
<pubDate>Jul 31 2008  7:33PM</pubDate>
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<media:copyright xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Guy Stayner</media:copyright>
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<description>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been closed mouthed today about the breaking of the promise of a free and open Beijing Games. But privately IOC members are enraged by the blocking of sensitive websites and the use of spyware in media hotels to monitor Internet use.</description>
<title>IOC fuming over Beijing restrictions</title>
<pubDate>Jul 31 2008  7:47PM</pubDate>
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<media:copyright xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Karen Barlow</media:copyright>
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