Comments on: Obama Urges China to Accept Universal Rights

By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:27:16 +0000

Obama’s comments were widely reported, however there still exists a major discrepancy in content. The universal rights and censorship issues got major attention in the international media but were not mentioned in the Chinese media. China has had twenty years to relax its grip on censorship and still today it is as draconian as ever. While the US is far from perfect, at least getting YouTube, Twitter, Facebook etc is easy and one can purchase pretty much any literature one wants. That is not possible in China. – Chris

By: terrible

terrible — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:55:08 +0000

This article is terrible, why bother posting it.

“These freedoms of expression, and worship, of access to information and political participation we believe they are universal rights. They should be available to all people, including ethnic and religious minorities, whether they are in the United States, China or any nation.”

I doubt Obama would say that and if he did he would be a hypocrite. For one, the U.S breaks all those rules on an international level.

By: The_Observer

The_Observer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:16:32 +0000

“Mr. Obama went on to say that unrestricted internet access was a source of strength and that the free flow of information….”

I live in the USA and it does not have total unrestricted internet access. Here there are rightly restrictions on the internet concerning child pornography, internet gambling, and sites related to file sharing. Different countries and cultures will have their internet tuned to their sensitivities.