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China Shuts Down 17,000 Internet Bars

Posted by timothy on Wednesday November 21, 2001 @05:11AM from the cheaper-than-carnivore dept.

Astin writes: "According to this article, Chinese authorities have shut down more than 17,000 Internet bars for failing to block Web sites considered subversive or pornographic. Out of the 94,000 Internet bars in China, 17,488 have been shut down and another 28,000 were ordered to install monitoring software soon. Of the 27 million Internet users in China, about 4.5 million rely on these bars. Foreign news organizations fall under the category of 'subversive'."

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Re:Slashdot by yatest5 · 2001-11-21 05:21 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Nice bit of karma whoring there :) - round of applause...
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Re:And the surprise is...? by easter1916 · 2001-11-21 05:23 · Score: 4, Offtopic

I think you answered your own question; The good fight stops when it's bad for business.
Re:And the surprise is...? by easter1916 · 2001-11-21 05:27 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The prez's visit to the anti-Catholic University down south. Great example there.