Comments on: China browsing restrictions may drop off during Olympics

As Beijing prepares for Summer Games and flood of foreigners, government's censorship of sites such as Wikipedia and BBC might need to subside.

[AdamB15]

Did anyone ever learn why the Chinese Government would'nt allow our Navy into their ports on that one holiday, a while ago?

[gwbstr]

AdamB15: The most plausible explanation that came out involved a lack of coordination between the People's Liberation Army and the Foreign Ministry. The PLA's naval forces were having an exercise at sea and didn't want the U.S. Navy coming through. The Foreign Ministry had approved the port call, but was not able to stop the PLA from denying entry in time. Once the mix-up was resolved, the carrier group was on its way back to base in Japan, while many families had traveled to Hong Kong to have Thanksgiving with service members.

Other reports speculated that this had to do with a visit by the Dalai Lama to the United States, but I find the war games account more convincing.

Graham/Sinobyte

[pablo Dante]

I think it will be no more than a 'free spot' for foreign visitors. The rest of China will still be censored.

[Beans&Cornbread]

What if a peaceful protest, like the one we all remember in tiananmen square occurs during the olympics? the tanks surely couldn't roll while so many international tourists are IN China.