CCP Censors CNN

Because my parents are visiting Beijing, I’m taking a break from life on the Bei Shi Da campus, and relaxing in their hotel room. I turned on CNN to see if there had been an update on the foiled terrorist attacks in London. Nothing new. The anchor then started reporting on Hu Jintao’s visit to Hong Kong to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the territory’s return to China.
As the anchor began to talk about pro-democracy protesters camped outside of Hu’s Hong Kong hotel room, the channel went black.

I’m sure this is pretty commonplace, but it was my first encounter with blatant, sloppy media censorship since arriving in Beijing one week ago.