Comments on: No more foreign newspapers allowed in airport lounges

By: - Suzie -

- Suzie - — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:29:33 +0000

wow amazing ! and sad to see it going that way.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:14:18 +0000

Pointless of them to do this, considering that you can just read it online.

By: Micah Sittig

Micah Sittig — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:32:17 +0000

I think the next step would be to contact your local People's Congress rep and see what they can do about it.

By: Claire

Claire — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:31:30 +0000

Actually, as a Chinese, I also feel angry about all the "blocking" things. We are so eager to contact with international world. Just dont know what is the government thinking. Maybe as a Chinese proverb goes,"Rather killing 1000 innocent people than losing the very one evil person".Sigh…

By: Orientix

Orientix — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:58:19 +0000

29 July I took KLM from Pudong to Amsterdam and didn't notice the sign. But maybe because I didn't use the business lounge. Anyway the times I used lounges in China I recall there were never foreign newspapers. But what is new is the fact that in Xiamen airport they sell some foreign magazines now like the National Geographic. Thats a new development. At least here.

By: FOARP

FOARP — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:45:58 +0000

Speaking as the kind of person who is normally inclined to think the worst of the Chinese government, I simply cannot believe that this is caused by censorship. If they are selling newspapers like the Daily Express in the Hong Qiao departure lounge (as they were only just last Sunday) then I have to think that this is more likely due to some kind of bureaucratic mess-up based on the fact that they are being handed out for free rather than sold. But hey, the CCP very often more than fulfils my worst expectations, so maybe it is exactly what it appears to be?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:41:52 +0000

Typically stupid move by the Chinese government. Do they really think that they are going to stop anyone that has access to an int'l flight from reading a foreign newspaper? This will only further harm China's reputation – but rightfully so.