China Censors Videos and Images of Egypt Protests

China’s state-run media has largely avoided commenting on the turmoil sweeping Egypt. Unlike the rest of the world, the strife has been reported as a secondary story. For experts, the situation in Egypt is too similar to that of China, and events in Cairo are too close for comfort to the protest and slaughter of June 1989 in Tiananmen Square.

Chinese media have hardly shown any images of the mass protests or tanks in Egyptian streets, which are too much of a reminder of anti-government protests in Beijing in 1989 (pictured, an Egyptian demonstrator opposing a tank).

Some media sources say that Chinese media have been ordered to relay only stories from the state-owned Xinhua news agency. Some papers have only reported on the special flights that repatriated Chinese nationals.

Chinese websites have disrupted searches for “Egypt” on micro-blogs, though some comments have been getting through, as well as pictures of the protests and tanks on the streets. Comments include statements like “These are the real soldiers of the people,” and “The Egyptian army has not opened fire on their fathers or brothers.”

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