China slammed widely in US media on security, human rights

27.10.2011
China was slammed on several fronts in a barrage of articles published today in the U.S. media that touched on concerns related to the U.S. and Iran, plus a crackdown on Internet usage said to be unfolding within China.

The New York Times led with an article that says China's Communist leadership is proposing "new limits on media and Internet freedoms that include some of the most restrictive measures in years." The article describes actions by Chinese agencies to tighten control over entertainment shows on TV and a call for an "Internet management system" to "strictly regulate social network and instant-message systems, and punish those that spread 'harmful information.'"

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This follows on the heels of an that says, "Chinese authorities have started to detain Internet users for allegedly spreading online rumors, in the latest measure to control the country's social media sites."

Other news stories today raise questions about China and Chinese companies on security-related issues of concern to the U.S.

An article from Bloomberg, "China suspected in attacks on U.S. satellites," states that a report scheduled to be released next month by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission will include the claim that "computer hackers, possibly from the Chinese military, interfered with two U.S. government satellites four times in 2007 and 2008 through a ground station in Norway, according to a congressional commission."