BEIJING: news websites blocked in China Bloomberg five days after it published a story about the family finances of the country's vice president, to emphasize that Beijing is trying to shape public opinion ahead of a leadership transition .
Bloomberg said he believes his English-language Web site and your site in Business Week on Friday blocked by Chinese authorities after it published details about the fortune of several million dollars of the extended family of Vice President Xi Jinping.
Beijing will hold a leadership transition once a decade, this year the Communist Party chief, Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, delivering power to a group of younger leaders, headed by the chief the party's heir apparent Xi.
The government is determined to avoid any sign of discontent that could lead to more widespread protests and threaten the party's authority as the new generation takes over amid scandals of destabilization and economic uncertainties.
In an emailed statement, a spokesman for Bloomberg Belina Tan said: "Our website is currently inaccessible in China as a reaction, in our view, to a Bloomberg News story, published on 29 June."
She would not comment on whether Bloomberg was in talks with the government on the issue, but said "no impact" to other services of the company, including the terminal feeds used by clients to access financial data and news.
Asked at a conference of Foreign Ministry last week about blocked websites, a ministry spokesman did not respond directly but said that all websites must comply with the laws of China.
In his article, Bloomberg said that any assets back to Xi, his wife or his daughter, adding that there was no indication Xi intervened to advance their relatives of commercial transactions, or of any wrongdoing by Xi or extended family.
Privately held Bloomberg competes with Thomson Reuters, Dow Jones & Co, a unit of News Corp. and other news and data providers.
China blocking websites and censoring search results in politically sensitive terms is known colloquially as the "Great Firewall of China", although some Internet users have skirted the restrictions by using keywords.
Bloomberg said he believes his English-language Web site and your site in Business Week on Friday blocked by Chinese authorities after it published details about the fortune of several million dollars of the extended family of Vice President Xi Jinping.
Beijing will hold a leadership transition once a decade, this year the Communist Party chief, Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, delivering power to a group of younger leaders, headed by the chief the party's heir apparent Xi.
The government is determined to avoid any sign of discontent that could lead to more widespread protests and threaten the party's authority as the new generation takes over amid scandals of destabilization and economic uncertainties.
In an emailed statement, a spokesman for Bloomberg Belina Tan said: "Our website is currently inaccessible in China as a reaction, in our view, to a Bloomberg News story, published on 29 June."
She would not comment on whether Bloomberg was in talks with the government on the issue, but said "no impact" to other services of the company, including the terminal feeds used by clients to access financial data and news.
Asked at a conference of Foreign Ministry last week about blocked websites, a ministry spokesman did not respond directly but said that all websites must comply with the laws of China.
In his article, Bloomberg said that any assets back to Xi, his wife or his daughter, adding that there was no indication Xi intervened to advance their relatives of commercial transactions, or of any wrongdoing by Xi or extended family.
Privately held Bloomberg competes with Thomson Reuters, Dow Jones & Co, a unit of News Corp. and other news and data providers.
China blocking websites and censoring search results in politically sensitive terms is known colloquially as the "Great Firewall of China", although some Internet users have skirted the restrictions by using keywords.
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