China in its quest to control whatever is written or posted online has blocked the video sharing site, Youtube.  Google who own Youtube say that the site has been blocked and they havent been given areason for this.

Xinhua, the Chinese news agency reported that the government blocked access to the site after a fabricated video showing C hinese police brutally beating up Tibetans during the riots last year.  The description of the offending video fits one that was posted by the Tibetan government in exile and is a collage of varios clips showing the police putting down the riots brutally.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman when asked about the matter side stepped the issue, offering a lame satement thus:

Many people have a false impression that the Chinese government fears the Internet. In fact, it is just the opposite

It is not know when, if ever online users will access Youtube.  The Chinese government has lately been on an online crackdown blocking access to ‘pornographic’ sites which is a facade to hide the point that they are indeed taking down sites that the deem troublesome.