Restrictions on free speech sweeping parts of Asia are troubling : Rupert Abbott . The darkened front pages -- a remarkable move in a country where just a few years before , the military government imposed blanket controls on all media -- were in response to the case of Zaw Pe , a journalist with the independent Democratic Voice of Burma who had been sentenced to one year in jail . The Chinese government has been cracking down hard in recent years on the Internet, and it is doing so with a vengeance. G20 Summit an opportunity for leaders to address freedom : Abbott .
Restrictions on free speech sweeping parts of Asia are troubling : Rupert Abbott . The Chinese government has been cracking down hard in recent years on the Internet, and it is doing so with a vengeance. G20 Summit an opportunity for leaders to address freedom : Abbott .