March 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Chinese government has blocked access to Google Inc.'s YouTube in China to stop people from seeing images of protests in Tibet, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The government is also censoring Web sites with references to Tibet, and Tibetan Internet cafes have been closed, the newspaper said, citing a Tibetan journalist the Telegraph said wanted to be identified as Lhuboom.

CNN and British Broadcasting Corp. broadcasts of a speech by the Dalai Lama were also blocked, the newspaper said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Kari Lundgren in London at klundgren2@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: March 16, 2008 21:15 EDT