bbc chinese and so on. on the chinese platforms -- let's say i was on the chinese social networking service. took an article about him, pasted it in, pushed and i got an error message saying i could not publish the material because it contains sensitive words. certain content you cannot even get on the internet. in other instances, i could get it published, but it would disappear. you would go back to the place it was published and there would be a notice saying, we're sorry but the content you're looking for does not exist. so you have -- i am sorry. i was just -- let me just. the content literally no longer exists in that spot. so basically, you have a situation not just of blocking content, but of taking content of the internet completely. >> this is a chinese policy within china, chinese companies. why should we care? >> that is a very good question. i think there are a number of reasons. one is that china is the model really for our government uses private companies as an extension of its power. obvious

because it is a small elite -- they are worried about the chinese stuff like voice america chinese, bbc chinese and so on. but on the chinese platform on social networking services and chinese blogging services. i logged in and i took an article about him. i logged in, took an article about him, pasted it into the little composure blog post here box and hit publish, right? and you get an error message saying we are sorry you cannot publish this material. contain sensitive words. so certain kinds of content you can even get on the internet or there were other services where he managed to publish it but within minutes it would disappear. and then you go back to the place where you had published it and there is this notice thing, we are sorry but you know the content you are looking for does not exist. and, so -- i am sorry. excuse me. yeah so the content literally no longer exists in that spot so basically you have a situation where it is not just blocking the content but taking sensitive content off the internet completely. >> host: this is a chinese policy within china? the chinese companies? w

they're really worried about the chinese stuff, voice of america chinese, bbc chinese and so on. but for on the chinese platform, so let's say i have a bunch of accounts on chinese blogging services. so i logged in, and i took an article about -- >> host: from here? >> guest: yes. i logged in, took an article, pasted it into the little, you know, compose your blog post here box, you know, hit publish, right? and you get an error message saying, we're sorry, you cannot publish this material, it contains sensitive words. so certain kinds of content you can't even get on the internet. or there were other servers where i managed to publish it, but within minutes it would disappear. and then you go back to the place where you had published it, and there's this notice saying, you know, we're sorry, but, you know, the content you're looking for does not exist. and, um, so you -- oh, i'm sorry, excuse me, i was just -- let me just, so the content, literally, no longer exists in that spot. so, basically, you have a situation where it's not just blocking the content, but taking sensitive co

chinese domestic growth. however, as the talks were winding up, china announced particularly large trade surplus figures for april, no doubt a topic for future discussions. will grant, bbcews. >> and stay with us, a little later in the program we'll have a special report on the disappearance of the chinese artist ai weiwei. some say american politicians will be allowed to see photographs of the body of osama bin laden. scientists serving in the intelligence committee and armed services committee will be required to make an appointment to see the photos and go to the c.i.a. to view them. president obama announced last week he would not release the photographs to the public in case they would be used as a propaganda tool. once again, the world football body is facing allegations of corruption. the man who led england's bid to host the 2018 world cup has told a parliamentary inquiry, and he accused four members of the world governing body of acting unethically. david bond has the story. >> ever since england's world cup bid humiliation there have been questions and recriminations about the way fifa chooses its world cup hosts. but almost six months after that announcement,

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bbc news, beirut. >> there is a proposal that would into the role in gulf arab nations. the president said the election would and the blood spilled since pro-democracy protests began several moments ago. and a chineseder should be touching down in japan right now. they will toward the disaster zone led by the tsunami. they should pledged support for the efforts for japan to recover from the catastrophe. they will look at how the nuclear crisis has been handled. how important is this for the host nation, japan, and its government? >> what japan is hoping to get out of this is support from its neighbors. after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis, which is still ongoing -- they are looking entity areas where the tsunami was most devastating. they are looking at fukushima city. it is several kilometers away from the plant. the foreign leaders are expected to meet some evacuees, people who lived near the plant who had to evacuate their homes. >> is there a loss of faith for japan? >> some reports say one of the opening ceremony at patricia recent appeared -- fukushima's city. some are angry. the talks themselves will take place in tokyo. there are other reports that no suitable venue could be fo