Anger Over Internet Great Wall

China agrees to open his country to the world through the Olympics was in tatters last night as a member of the International Olympic Committee, Kevan Gosper of Australia apologized to the world press to deceive error in the access to the Internet.

The Chinese Communist Party regime has launched a program of enhanced Internet censorship blocking controversial websites for journalists at Beijing Olympic Games while demanding that hotels implement an intrusive spyware program to monitor the use of Internet customers.

Double whammy of increased censorship of espionage against one of the hotel promises a full media freedom to the Chinese authorities when they won the right to host the Olympic Games in 2001. It 'was the promise is repeated again in April this year.

Mr Gosper, who is chairman of the press and vice-president of the IOC Coordination Commission Beijing, revealed that "some IOC officials had negotiated with the Chinese to have some sensitive sites blocked." But he said he was unaware of the case and had misled the media without realizing the world for months about the extent that would have the unfettered freedom of information.

After Late Night meetings with the organizers of the Olympic Games in Beijing, Mr Gosper said he could not "tell China what to do."

Previously, he told the South China Morning Post: "I'm disappointed, but we are dealing with a communist country that has censorship, and see what they say, you can see."

Mr. Gosper acknowledged that many of the previous declarations on open access and freedom of information was wrong.

Member of the IOC Press Commission, Paul Radford, Reuters said it was made clear in several meetings with Beijing organizers that journalists would have unrestricted access to report freely in the races. "Journalists have the right to be angry. Adversely affects how they cover the Games," said Radford.

The tightening of censorship puts the foot of the Communist Party in Beijing Olympics say. A new level of political influence in the organizing committee for the past six weeks means that some of the promises made to the IOC will not be retained.

Beijing organizing committee spokesman Sun Weide, said yesterday that some web sites would be available to foreign journalists. Mr. Sun did not specify which sites, but called Falun Gong, said other sites associated with that movement were blocked.

"Our promise was that journalists would be able to use the Internet for their work during the Olympics," Sun said. "So we have given them sufficient access to do so."

Mr. Gosper said the IOC has taken "a good hard look at what Sun Weide said, and the effects of '".

Another Australian IOC member John Coates, said he was shocked that China would implement such censorship. "It is important to have the press and full transparency during the Games ... but what the IOC can do about it, I do not know. "

Yesterday, the Herald was able to gain access to sensitive areas, which are related to human rights, Tibet and the Falun Gong spiritual movement. Other sites, such as the New York Times, the BBC, Radio Free Asia and Taiwanese newspapers were gone.

Research conducted for controversial issues Google has been blocked.

This week journalists in Beijing were frustrated in their attempts to access the latest report from Amnesty International. Attempts to access information on more stringent security measures in Tibet, was also unsuccessful.

U.S. Senator Sam Brown Back, revealed yesterday that international hotels had contacted him, concerned about the need to install the system of espionage. He said that the requirements for hotels to install the hardware and software meant journalists, athletes 'families' and visitors are subject to "invasive harvesting by the Chinese Public Security Bureau."

"The Chinese government introduced a system to spy and gather information about each customer in hotels," Senator Brownback said.

Complaints by the international media about the frustrating slowness of the Internet during the Olympic Games main press center have been interpreted by some that transmissions have been slowed by the filtration flow intensive copying news agencies in the world " .

Chinese officials said Games organizers were forced to work within the laws of China and all sites with pornography, violence or matters of state security had been blocked.

Officials said the situation was explained, and that foreign media should be grateful for the progressive steps to free as many sites as possible.