Microsoft Corp. has shut down the blog of a Chinese journalist who expressed his opposition to Communist China's policies. Microsoft did so at the request of the Chinese government after the Chinese blogger supported the Beijing News staff who staged a one-day strike to protest the removal of an outspoken news editor who wouldn't keep quiet either.
The blogger also commented on China's planned war of aggression against Taiwan, which "offended Chinese sensibilities." China's policy toward Taiwan has been ANYTHING but sensible.
To hell with the Chinese government. Any government that fears the exchange of ideas between its citizens doesn't deserve to exist.
Microsoft and other companies shouldn't support immoral laws that stifle free speech and the exchange of ideas through cyberspace.
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