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China blocks IMDb over Tibet film

By Dave Parrack | Tech Blorge

IMDb, the Internet Movie database, is the latest site to be blocked by the Great Firewall of China. Unsurprisingly, it isn’t because the site contains information on a number of truly awful films that the Chinese authorities wouldn’t want their citizens having the misfortune of watching.

Instead, it’s assumed, although not confirmed in any way, that the block has been put in place due to a number of films detailing Tibet and its struggle for freedom being present on the site. In particular this documentary film called When The Dragon Swallowed The Sun, which Digital Inspiration claims is the main reason behind the block.

And God forbid that any Chinese person gets to read about Tibet and its desire not to be a part of the People’s Republic of China. Why, if the average Chinese citizen were to have any notion of sympathy for the Tibetans, the world could surely end.

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