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Don't Use the Internet at Beijing Hotels?

Where: Beijing, China
May 2, 2008 at 9:43 AM | by | Comments (2)

A lot of us worry about our WiFi connections when we travel, but usually we are worrying about how much we will pay and whether it's indeed WiFi and not the dreaded ethernet.

However, guests headed to Beijing for the Olympics might have a completely new type of concern. From the AP:

A U.S. senator accused the Chinese government on Thursday of ordering U.S.-owned hotels in China to install Internet filters that can spy on international visitors coming to see the summer Olympic games.

Sen. Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican, made the charge at a Capitol Hill news conference where he and other lawmakers denounced China's record of human rights abuses and urged President Bush not to attend the Olympic's opening ceremonies in Beijing.

Brownback said he has received memos from two U.S.-owned hotels about the internet spying order. So far, there's been no response from China. Thus we say plan on leaving your computer home when you head to Beijing for now.

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Re: Don't Use the Internet at Beijing Hotels?

Did you read about the government placing a city-wide order that cats were harmful to your health? Apparently everyone in Beijing has been asked to give their cats to the government, and are being told that the cats are going somewhere nice... and they're really going to some group grave?

Yeah... I dunno about these Olympics.

patricksw on May 2, 2008 at 12:53 PM #Permalink

Re: Don't Use the Internet at Beijing Hotels?

nooooo!

save the kitties!!

juliana on May 2, 2008 at 1:19 PM #Permalink

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