Hong Kong diocesan Web site blocked in mainland China, sources say

Published: 2003-10-09

HONG KONG (CNS) -- Internet users in mainland China have been unable to access the Hong Kong diocesan Web site since a July protest march, said mainland sources. The Chinese government apparently blocked access to the site, sources told UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. Sources suspect the government blocked access to the domain due to the July 1 protest march in Hong Kong against a proposed anti-subversion law for the territory. Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong was one of the most outspoken critics of the legislation. The sources said they tried unsuccessfully over several weeks to access the diocesan site, www.catholic.org.hk, from several cities spread across China. They said the problem was not a technical one, because they had no problem accessing other Catholic Web sites based in Hong Kong and overseas.

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