The United States Ambassador to Beijing today denounced the censorship of several of his mission’s articles posted on Chinese social media, in which Washington called for a “return of freedoms” hong kong.
U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns said on Twitter today that several articles recently posted on the accounts american embassy Wechat and Weibo, the two main applications giant Asiawere removed by the Chinese authorities.
Topics deemed inappropriate Beijing These were editions House White and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, in addition to another speech at the latest NATO summit.
At your entrance Blinken He pointed out that the Chinese authorities “broken their promises to Hong Kongers” after “imprisoning the opposition”, “closing museums and media” or “weakening democratic institutions”.
“Obviously, the authorities hong kong And in Beijing they don’t want democratic participation, basic freedoms or independent media as part of their vision for this city,” he said.
“People’s Republic China it should allow the Chinese people to see what American leaders are saying, just as the American people hear what Chinese leaders are saying,” the US ambassador added.
The articles disappeared from the embassy accounts, Burns denounced, although Efe was able to confirm that the publication about NATO still available on Weibo.
Chinese governmentwhich has a strong censorship system known as Great Firewall, In recent years, it has increased its control over what is posted online through various laws that prohibit Internet users from posting content that threatens “national honour”, “undermines the economic or social order”, or is intended to “overthrow the socialist order”. system”.
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