According to Reuters, BBC’s English-language website was blocked by Chinese Communist Party censors Wednesday, and as of Thursday morning, remains inaccessible.
When asked, however, whether or not BBC’s website had been blocked, Hong Lei, a spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, told Reuters the country enjoyed “full Internet freedom.”
"At the same time, the Chinese government manages the Internet in accordance with the law," he added.
“We hope the outside world will respect … the Hong Kong [Special Administrative Region] government to deal with the situation in accordance with the law and does not send any wrong signal to this unlawful activity," said the official, per Reuters.
This isn't the first time that censors in China have cracked down on BBC's English-language website. The news outlet says that in 2012, the site was "disrupted" around the time of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng's escape from house arrest. The website was also blocked in 2010, in the days before and after the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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