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Wednesday, July 21, 2004

CHINA: Government blocks religious websites

By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service, and
Magda Hornemann, Forum 18 News Service

Chinese web-users are denied access to a range of religious sites based abroad, Forum 18 News Service has found after a two-month survey of how far the Chinese government's Golden Shield firewall, used to censor the internet, affects access to religious websites. Sites blocked include those related to the persecution of Christians and other religious faiths, the Dalai Lama, the Falun Gong religious movement, the Muslim Uygurs of Xinjiang and a number of Catholic sites, including the website of the Hong Kong diocese and the Divine Word Missionaries in Taiwan. [read more...]


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Taiwan Drill Showcases Readiness for China Attack. TAIPEI (Reuters) - Two Mirage fighter jets touched down on Wednesday on a usually busy Taiwan highway -- the first time in 26 years -- as part of war games to test the island's combat readiness against any attack by arch-foe China. [Reuters: World]
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