Chinese censors block French website

Chinese online censors are not only concerned with subversive politics. Since late February they have blocked a French-language website, Observatoire International des Crises, because it posted an article warning of the risks of investing in China. The Paris-based press freedom body, Reporters Without Borders, said. "How do you assess an investment opportunity if no reliable information about social tension, corruption or local trade unions is available?" It added: "The free flow of information online is not only a human rights issue, it is essential to lasting economic growth." (Via Reporters without Borders)