China Blocks Web Access to ‘Under the Dome’ Documentary on Pollution

China Blocks Web Access to ‘Under the Dome’ Documentary on Pollution - NYTimes closing the barn door after 100m+ people watched it...seems a bit counterproductive but perhaps they decided that sentiment was becoming hard to manage?// The website of People’s Daily, the official party newspaper, had initially promoted the video and posted an interview with Ms. Chai, but those had been deleted by Friday morning. The censors’ guillotine fell a day after the start of the annual session of the National People’s Congress, the party-controlled legislature that is supposed to represent official candor and accountability.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/07/world/asia/china-blocks-web-access-to-documentary-on-nations-air-pollution.html?ref=world&_r=2&utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a650c1339d-Sinocism03_08_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-a650c1339d-29615013&mc_cid=a650c1339d&mc_eid=5935182a65

Related: President Xi to give iron hand to polluters - Xinhua President Xi Jinping vowed here Friday to give an iron hand to any polluters in the smog-choked country. "We are going to punish, with an iron hand, any violators who destroy ecology or environment, with no exceptions," said Xi, while reviewing the work report of the State Council together with National People's Congress (NPC) deputies from Jiangxi Province. He asked the Chinese to protect ecology and environment like to "care one's own eyes and life," showing his resolve to curb widespread pollution that the world's second largest economy is battling. "Protecting environment is ensuring livelihood," Xi said.

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