From NY Daily News.com (Jan. 31):
The protests raging across Egypt are captivating the rest of the world -- except for China.
The country's Communist Party has ordered Internet censors to block the word "Egypt" from Twitter-like micro-blogging sites out of apparent concern events in the Middle East will stoke unrest closer to home, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Chinese authorities are also busy having comments on the crisis in Egypt scrubbed from those sites. [read more]
So, if a Chinese national wants to do research on let’s say Egyptian mummies he or she is pretty much out of luck.
If the Chinese gov’t is nervous about Egypt I bet other dictators around the world are nervous as well. Like the king of Saudi Arabia. He probably is watching closely—he could be next.
Obama (and I’ve heard another Lefty say this too) that Egypt’s change of gov’t is good when Mubarak leaves. I am really getting tired of the term “change” being used all time. Change is not always good. In this case if the Muslim Brotherhood takes over Egypt then that is definitely not good. Hamas has already taken over Palestine's gov’t. Can you imagine what Israel's leaders (and probably Israel’s citizens) must be thinking. If change means a democratic republic with bill of rights like America’s then that is good change.
It’s funny that CBS Evening news last night described Egypt’s protesters as “moderate and peaceful.” How does the press know how strong the protester’s religious views are? I am not saying they are not, but who really knows? It would have been nice if the press would have given that benefit of the doubt to TEA partiers. Oh, well. That’s just wishful thinking.
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