Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Great! Access to RFI website resumed

by BI Yantao, China

This morning I successfully logged onto the official website of Radio France International (RFI), which was inaccessible for some time after the Beijing Olympics. I deem it a positive signal in terms of China's media policies.

Now, the websites of VOA, BBC, DW (Deutsche Welle or Voice of Germany) and RFI are all accessible here in Jinan, capital of Shandong Province, China.

Although I am well conscious that different degrees of media bias do exist in foreign reports about China, I still believe free access to these websites will bring more benefits than harms to China. Disagreements in opinions and stances are natural. Furthermore, causes for media bias are quite complicated.