YouTube Blocked In China

Over the last couple of days, a video supposedly showing Chinese police beating hand-cuffed Tibetan protesters has made the rounds of the Internet, appearing on YouTube, among other Web sites. As of a few hours ago, like clockwork, YouTube has been blacked out in China.

No one could immediately confirm why YouTube has gone down. Google spokesman Scott Rubin told the New York Times, "We don't know the reason for the block. ... Our government relations people are trying to resolve it."

But hours earlier, an anonymous Chinese official was quoted in the official news agency Xinhua as saying that the video, in which a protester named Tendar is reportedly tortured and fatally beaten, was doctored by groups connected to the Dalai Lama. "The Dalai Lama group is used to fabricating lies to deceive the international community and the aim of this video is to hide the truth of the March 14th riot," said the official.

If you want to view the YouTube film that can't be seen in China, click here. WARNING: this film displays graphic violence and suffering, and The Big Money has not confirmed its authenticity.