China and the Foreign Media
Journalist Keith Richburg talked about China and its control over the foreign media, including newspapers and the internet.
Description
Journalist Keith Richburg talked about China and its control over the foreign media, including newspapers and the internet. He discussed the banning of Twitter and the New York Times and "the Great Firewall of China," which blocks the Chinese public from visiting certain websites.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- How is the internet controlled in China? What are ways around this?
- Why would China ban things like Twitter and the New York Times?
- Why do Chinese officials often send money and their family abroad?
- How does the Chinese public get restricted information?
- Why do you think it is important for the Chinese government to censor the press?
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Participants
Vocabulary
- Censorship
- Chine
- Media
- Press
- The Great Firewall Of China