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| China denounces US free web call | China denounces US free web call |
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| China has denounced US criticism of its internet controls, saying it could harm ties between the two countries. | |
| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Thursday for China to lift restrictions on the internet. | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Thursday for China to lift restrictions on the internet. |
| Mrs Clinton also urged Beijing to investigate Google's complaints that cyber attacks had originated in China. | Mrs Clinton also urged Beijing to investigate Google's complaints that cyber attacks had originated in China. |
| Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said the US should "respect the facts" and stop making "groundless accusations against China". | Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said the US should "respect the facts" and stop making "groundless accusations against China". |
| "The US has criticised China's policies to administer the internet, and insinuated that China restricts internet freedom," he said in a statement posted on the foreign ministry website. | "The US has criticised China's policies to administer the internet, and insinuated that China restricts internet freedom," he said in a statement posted on the foreign ministry website. |
| "This runs contrary to the facts and is harmful to China-US relations." | "This runs contrary to the facts and is harmful to China-US relations." |
| An article in the Communist Party's Global Times English language news website called Mrs Clinton's criticisms "information imperialism". | An article in the Communist Party's Global Times English language news website called Mrs Clinton's criticisms "information imperialism". |
| Censored searches | Censored searches |
| In a wide-ranging speech in Washington, Mrs Clinton said the internet had been a "source of tremendous progress" in China but that any country which restricted free access to information risked "walling themselves off from the progress of the next century". | In a wide-ranging speech in Washington, Mrs Clinton said the internet had been a "source of tremendous progress" in China but that any country which restricted free access to information risked "walling themselves off from the progress of the next century". |
| Hillary Clinton: "We look to the Chinese authorities to conduct a thorough review" | |
| She said that the US intended to address issues of internet freedom within its relationship with Beijing. | She said that the US intended to address issues of internet freedom within its relationship with Beijing. |
| She also called for tough action against people and states that carried out cyber attacks. | She also called for tough action against people and states that carried out cyber attacks. |
| Google said on 12 January that hackers had tried to infiltrate its software coding and the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists, in a "highly sophisticated" attack. | Google said on 12 January that hackers had tried to infiltrate its software coding and the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists, in a "highly sophisticated" attack. |
| The California-based company, which launched in China in 2006, said it would quit the country unless it could find a way to operate within Chinese law with less censorship. | The California-based company, which launched in China in 2006, said it would quit the country unless it could find a way to operate within Chinese law with less censorship. |
| Google's Chinese-language search engine does not return results for terms such as Tiananmen Square protests and Falun Gong. | Google's Chinese-language search engine does not return results for terms such as Tiananmen Square protests and Falun Gong. |
| Chinese officials have said repeatedly that Google and other foreign internet companies were welcome to operate within China as long as they obeyed the country's laws and traditions. | Chinese officials have said repeatedly that Google and other foreign internet companies were welcome to operate within China as long as they obeyed the country's laws and traditions. |
| Mrs Clinton called on Chinese authorities to investigate the Google complaint of cyber attacks and to make the results available. | |
| She also urged companies operating in China, and elsewhere, to take a "principled stand" against censorship. | |
| "The private sector has a shared responsibility to safeguard free expression... this needs to be part of our national brand." | |
| Mrs Clinton also singled out countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan as having boosted censorship or harassed bloggers. | |
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