China blocks online broadcast of computer go match
The event got little coverage from Chinese newspapers and broadcasters, suggesting they may have received orders to avoid mentioning Google, which closed its China-based search engine in 2010 in a dispute over censorship and computer hacking.
The official response to the game, a major event for go and artificial intelligence, reflects the conflict between the ruling Communist Party's technology ambitions and its insistence on controlling what its public can see, hear and read.
Censorship orders to Chinese media are officially secret and government officials refuse to confirm whether online material is blocked.
The Communist government encourages internet use for business and education but operates an elaborate system of monitoring and censorship.
Chinese internet companies are required to employ teams of censors to watch social media and remove banned material.