1.0 link 159603 <![CDATA[China Censors Parts Of Obama's Speech]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/china-censors-parts-of-ob_n_159603.html BEIJING &mdash; China censored its translation of President Barack Obama's inauguration speech, removing references to communism and dissent, and quickly halted state television's live broadcast of the address when Cold War-era animosities were mentioned.

One television official tried to downplay the cutaway as a normal break in programming while an editor with the China Daily newspaper's Web site said staff who censored online versions of the speech likely did so because they were "duty-bound to protect the country's interests."

]]> 2009-01-21T08:36:00-05:00