YouTube Was Temporarily Banned In China Over Tibetan Government Video

Amit Chowdhry | Saturday March 28, 2009 | 445 views



Over the past week, YouTube was temporarily banned in China.  It was unbanned again yesterday.  The reason why it was banned was because China was criticized over a video that was released by the Tibetan government in exile.  The video showed Chinese security officers beating handcuffed Tibetans.

People in Beijing found a way to get around the block by using special software to enter the site through a proxy server.  This is a common way to access websites when they are banned by the government which happens often.

The Chinese government quickly responded to the alleged video.  They stated that the police beating a Tibetan to death in the video was a lie concocted by supporters of the Dalai Lama.

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