“Those apps, which appear in most countries’ versions of the App Store, do not currently appear in the Chinese version,” Fletcher reports. “Another app related to Rebiya Kadeer, who like the Dalai Lama is an exiled minority leader reviled by China’s authorities, is unavailable in the China App Store as well. The apparent censorship comes after carrier China Unicom launched iPhone sales two months ago, making regulatory approval of the phone’s contents in the country necessary for the first time. ‘We continue to comply with local laws,’ Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said in an e-mail when asked about the missing apps. ‘Not all apps are available in every country.'”
“Chinese officials condemn the Dalai Lama as a dangerous ‘splittist’ seeking to separate Tibet from China, and have called him a ‘devil with a human face,'” Fletcher reports. “The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after Chinese troops crushed an uprising in the capital city of Lhasa, solidifying Chinese control there. The religious figure remains widely revered by Tibetans.”
“Apple joins other U.S. technology giants including Yahoo and Google that have come under fire for complying with Chinese government demands on sensitive political issues. Human rights advocates criticized Yahoo when Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist, landed a 10-year prison sentence in 2005 partly because of e-mail evidence gained from his private Yahoo account. Yahoo said it was obeying Chinese law by handing the evidence to authorities,” Fletcher reports. “Google has been criticized for offering a censored version of its search engine for China at Google.cn, which blocks pornographic and some politically sensitive search results. Google has similarly said it must follow local laws and regulations.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]
MacGuy,
When you say “decades”, that’s like just a piece of hyperbole surely.
Because – if you’re actually serious (as opposed to seriously mentally ill) – why would the media (all of which is corporate-owned) have been manipulating stories for someone who, according to your fellow nutjobs, isn’t even an American citizen and is a Marxist socialist?
I just need to go and make some popcorn, because I’ll need something to eat whilst I read your carefully considered response.
The only difference between media in China and the US, is in China, they know they are being lied to.
@ marko
Re “The only difference between media in China and the US, is in China, they know they are being lied to.”
I beg to differ. In ChIna, there is no need to lie.
As evidenced by their court system, the government is very clear. For those who decide to lie, cheat and harm their fellow man, death is often a consequence. As such, there is less tendency to do it again.