{"id":50221,"date":"2010-01-14T21:46:37","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T04:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=50221"},"modified":"2010-01-14T21:46:37","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T04:46:37","slug":"white-house-backs-google-seeks-china-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/01\/white-house-backs-google-seeks-china-explanation\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Backs Google, Seeks China Explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSN1420967720100114?type=marketsNews\">White House has spoken up <\/a>in support of Google&#8217;s effort to defy Chinese censorship, Reuters reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nWhite House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters that President Barack Obama had strong beliefs about the universal rights of men and women worldwide that would not be &#8220;carved out&#8221; for certain countries.<\/p>\n<p>China has defended its extensive censorship after the U.S. Internet search giant threatened to leave the country following a spate of cyber attacks last month.<\/p>\n<p>The senior Washington-based U.S. diplomat for China met with a Chinese diplomat on Thursday to seek an explanation about the cyber attacks and censorship, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See also &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/01\/14\/AR2010011404077.html?hpid=moreheadlines\">Tensions between Google and China complicate U.S. diplomacy<\/a>&#8221; from the Washington Post. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/technology\/us-state-dept-to-unveil-internet-policy_435366.html\">slated to give a major address<\/a> on Internet freedom on January 21.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/jan\/14\/china-internet\"><strong>posted a timeline of censorship <\/strong><\/a>in China over the past year. <a href=\"http:\/\/shanghaiist.com\/2010\/01\/15\/picture_what_china_censors_online.php?utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter\">Shanghaiist<\/a> (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationisbeautiful.net\/2010\/what-does-china-censor-online\/\">Information is Beautiful<\/a>) has posted a visualization of banned keywords and blocked websites, though as Shanghaiist points out, the list would be more telling in Chinese:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/images.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/images.gif\" alt=\"images\" title=\"images\" width=\"550\" height=\"692\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/images.gif 550w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/images-238x300.gif 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House has spoken up in support of Google&#8217;s effort to defy Chinese censorship, Reuters reports: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters that President Barack Obama had strong beliefs about the universal rights of men and women worldwide that would not be &#8220;carved out&#8221; for certain countries. 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