Google-owned video sharing site YouTube has been blocked in China for reportedly hosting a video that appeared to show Chinese police officers brutally beating Tibetans after riots last year (2008) in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital.
The video, which was recently released by the Tibetan government in exile, purports to show police officers storming a monastery after riots in Lhasa last March, kicking and beating protesters. According to the video, the protester later died.
Xiao Qiang, editor, China Digital Times, has said he is not surprised that YouTube is a target as the video sharing site also hosts videos about the Tiananmen Square protests and many other subjects that Chinese authorities find objectionable. [Source: New York Times]
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