China has censored the word "Egypt" sites of micro-blogging

The word "Egypt" was censored on Saturday on several sites of micro-blogging in China, where political, democratic claims and street protests are not Communist Party's favorite topics AFP.

On sites of micro-blogging sina.com and sohu.com, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter (and it censored in China), a search with the word "Egypt" generates the following result: "Under current laws, your search results not can be communicated. "

Official media, especially television agency Xinhua and CCTV, however, showed the protests in Egypt and led the movement to challenge the regime of Hosni Mubarak.

Censorship in China is very active when it comes to preventing criticism of the government or human rights issues.

Internet is 'clean' politically sensitive sites and Beijing tightly controls the community of 450 million Chinese Internet users to avoid a possible organization of dissident or foreign influences.