China: In the last year BBC has had a few, less then pleasant, run-ins with China. Now, the BBC and Chain are at odds again. It seems that China is clashing with BBC because of a jamming of World Service Radio and its English short ware. This action come right on the heels of the BBC World Service TV Chanel being blocked in the very same manner last year. The reasons for blocking, it seems, are for talking about sensitive issues.
The BBC is very upset over the situation and feel the blocking of World Service is not right. According to radiotoday.co.uk, BBC director of Global New, Peter Horrocks released this statement regarding the issue,
"The BBC strongly condemns this action which is designed to disrupt audiences’ free access to news and information
According to the huffingtonpost.com, they cannot attribute the exact source, they are working on it.
BBC World Service Radio is a source of free news and many people tune into it, the jamming of the radio system and short ware is a direct form of censorship. The Chinese government is known for censoring its media outlets and this is just another incident. In a country with a high population and a high amount of censorship many are wondering when it will stop.
The BBC World Service Logo. BBC
World Service Has Recently Been Jammed
In China and Has Caused A Major Stir.