From the Scotsman:
Chinese authorities have blocked a pro-democracy web-log after it was nominated for a freedom of expression award.
The blog, Wang Yi’s Microphone, dealt with “sensitive subjects” and was maintained by a teacher from Sichuan province, the Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders said.
China’s communist government encourages internet use for education and business, but blocks material deemed subversive or pornographic.
Dissidents have been arrested under vaguely worded security laws for posting items critical of the government. Reporters Without Borders said Wang’s blog was ordered to close by authorities in Hainan province, home of the site’s host company, Tianya.
The site was nominated for a Best of the Blogs award in the freedom of expression category by the German international radio station Deutsche Welle.
On its website, the radio station described Wang as an “anti-government Chinese intellectual” who used the blog to fight for justice. It gave no details.
Reporters Without Borders said one of Wang’s most recent posts dealt with a campaign by peasants in Guangdong province to remove a village chief accused of corruption.
Update: see this about the arrest of an Egyptian blogger (via lgf).
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