October 9, 2004
IS THERE ANY TOTALITARIAN REGIME THEY HAVEN'T COLLABORATED WITH?:
Media Group Says French Equipment Jams Foreign Radio in China (VOA News, 09 Oct 2004)
An international media rights group has accused a French company of selling equipment to China used by the government to jam foreign radio broadcasts.Posted by Orrin Judd at October 9, 2004 3:30 PMIn a statement Saturday, the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said the French electronics group Thales has provided the Chinese government with equipment used to scramble foreign radio signals. The group said Chinese authorities use the equipment to jam stations such as Norway-based Voice of Tibet, BBC World Service, Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.
The organization urged the French government to warn companies to the dangers of selling certain equipment to China.
No, I don't think so. In recent weeks Chirac has blazed a trail through Syria, Iran, Vietnam and China warning of the danger of U.S. hegemony and the need for multi-polarity. It is becoming clear that he thinks the world needs a healthy dose of totalitarianism to "balance" the surge towards democracy, too much of which I'm sure he sees as an "ecological disaster".
Posted by: Peter B at October 9, 2004 4:40 PM