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This video is a brief update on the working information we have to go by about the jammer - the company supplying China with the equipment used, the frequencies of stations it is jamming (which is relatively pointless because there are so many) and the general uneasy feeling about the whole thing. I was surprised by the interest in the Firedrake radio jammer - other people have heard it, and lot's of people who listen to shortwave radio know it's there. Although, China hasn't mentioned anything publicly. No western government has said anything. It's pretty much business as usual. In the lead up to the Olympics, the jammer's use seems to be increasing. Just over a month ago, China's regime also began exerting pressure on the one and only carrier of NTDTV, an independent news source, and cut off the satellite that it used to broadcast into China: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpCjpbrP9Ng http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VChnlx_Ph44 NTDTV themselves didn't bow to pressure, just the company that leases them use of the satellite. It's a worrying trend, and shortwave radio is just one more outlet that China's government is actively blocking. Author: MattExzy Keywords: firedrake firedragon shortwave radio jammer beijing olympics 2008 china media control chinese censorship PRC CPC Added: July 20, 2008