China may relax Internet curbs for Olympics

Cory Bergman February 8th, 2008

News sites like the BBC are banned in China, which certainly would result in some negative coverage from visiting journalists who wouldn’t even be able to check their own websites. So now China is saying that it may… may… allow access to banned sites by the Summer Olympics. “We are studying this now based on suggestions of some journalists and a study of the experiences of other countries, so during the Olympics there may be some changes,” said Wang Hui, head of media relations for the organizing committee. “This is one of the ways the Olympics may promote progress in China.”