A Reporters Without Borders Chinese language website blocked in Beijing, 30 May 2007. China's Internet police took between five and eight hours to track down the new location of the media watchdog's Chinese language website and block it, the group said. The site, www.rsf-chinese.org was first launched on May 3 but access within China was quickly denied, so the group moved it to a new portal three weeks later, only to see it closed within hours. Getty Images logo Getty Images 30 months ago

A Reporters Without Borders Chinese language website blocked in Beijing, 30 May 2007. China's Internet police took between five and eight hours to track down the new location of the media watchdog's Chinese language website and block it, the group said. The site, www.rsf-chinese.org was first launched on May 3 but access within China was quickly denied, so the group moved it to a new portal three weeks later, only to see it closed within hours.

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