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Beijing official says Chinese have no need for blocked websites

March 25, 2015 creative china, chinese, country, facebook, internet, official-said, rein-on-its, shows-icons, social-media, society-or-even, then-foreigners, twitter, winter, winter-olympics

By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) – If Beijing is successful in its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics then foreigners who attend will get uncensored Internet access, but this isn't an issue for Chinese who “don't like” sites like Facebook and Twitter, an official said on Wednesday.