Geo-censorship in China

Wednesday June 04th 2008
Filed Under Asia, Current Events 

Some readers of National Geographic in China had trouble reading the May issue (dedicated to China) because some of the pages were glued together.  A couple of the maps (on pages 44-45) showing disputed border areas with India and Pakistan and distribution of ethinic minorities (pages 126-127) were apparently glued together by a local distributor in China. 

Beth Foster, the magazine’s director of communications, says, “It appears that someone connected with local magazine distribution in Asia glued together a few pages of the May English-language issues of National Geographic magazine that were shipped into China. We have not gotten to the bottom of the specifics of this isolated activity, but we have had no communication from or with the Chinese government about this matter.”

Read more: Glued Geographic - China Journal at the Wall Street Journal



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    One Response to “Geo-censorship in China”

    1. Mary on July 14th, 2008 12:07 pm

      Unfortunately, China *has* managed to keep a huge chunk of its populace in relative global ignorance this way. :/

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