'BBC website 'unblocked in China''

Link: 'BBC website \'unblocked in China\''.

Given how far left the BBC is, one wonders why the Chinese ever bothered. There are probably more people in the BBC who sincerely believe in Marxism than are to be found in all of China.The Chinese government could save itself a world of trouble and cost by simply turning the New China News Agency into a translation service so as to be able to use the BBC as China's state broadcaster.

Comments

[Rob]

Very funny.

This morning the BBC told me how Ice floats on water. I was amazed.

[Letters From A Tory]

One wonders how long China can hold out against the interference from websites around the world in their internal affairs. Their freakishly strong desire to control will ultimately unravel over time.

[Ellee]

Tom, Do catch up with Newsnight tonight if you can, or use their video link tomorrow, they have a very interesting report on China:
THE WORKFORCE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Chinese workers have traditionally had few rights to speak out, but a country where strikes are illegal is now becoming the strike centre of the world. In the first of two special films from China, Paul Mason reports on the new Chinese workforce - the 300 million people whose cheap labour provides the life force of the economy - and how some are beginning to fight for their employment rights and are being physically attacked in the process.

Alan Sugar is on soon with a new series of The Apprentice. I wonder what the Russians or Chinese would make of that, what their version would be like.

[Tom Paine]

Sadly Ellee, the BBC iPlayer is blocked outside the UK, so I can't watch it either way. I am sorry because, unusually for Newsnight, it sounds interesting. I am going to China this Saturday and will be there for a week. I shall be blogging from Shanghai for a while - if the Great Firewall of China doesn't stop me.