On November 11, 2013, the state sponsored Global Times published an article entitled "Bloomberg Accused of 'Censoring Reports on China,' Analysts Say May be Fear of Offending China" (彭博社被指“审查对华报道”分析称或怕得罪中国). Some excerpts:
On November 8 the American New York Times published a report accusing another American news outlet - Bloomberg - of "censoring reports critical of China." The article cited statements from an unnamed employee of Bloomberg in Hong Kong as saying that at the end of last month during a phone conference an article written by him regarding the issue of private-public interests in China was ordered not to be published by Bloomberg editor Winkler. Winkler said that 'If we run the story, we’ll be kicked out of China."
美国《纽约时报》8日刊登文章，指责美国另一家媒体彭博社“审查批评中国的报道”。文章引用匿名彭博社驻香港工作人员的话称，在上月底的一次电话会议上，其撰写的关于中国官商利益问题的报道被彭博社主编温克勒下令禁止发表，“温克勒说，‘如果发表这篇文章，我们将被踢出中国’”。
This video shows that the Global Times story - originally available here http://world.huanqiu.com/exclusive/2013-11/4549358.html - was deleted within hours of publication.
The article can still be found on several other web sites:
The article can still be found on several other web sites:
UPDATE NOVEMBER 13, 2013: The story has now been deleted from all of the aforementioned pages. These screenshots show the before-and-after for Xinhua and Sina.
These screenshots were taken on November 11, and show that searches for "Bloomberg" (彭博社) on two of China's largest search engines and two of its largest Weibos were being censored.
These screenshots were taken on November 11, and show that searches for "Bloomberg" (彭博社) on two of China's largest search engines and two of its largest Weibos were being censored.
The New York Times article, entitled "Bloomberg News Is Said to Curb Articles That Might Anger China," can be found here - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/world/asia/bloomberg-news-is-said-to-curb-articles-that-might-anger-china.html.
