China Closes 1,600 "Internet Bars"

Kujila writes "According to a Chinese Reuters article, China has closed close to 1,600 "Internet Bars" (probably the equivalent of 'Internet Cafes' stateside) and inflicted up to $12.1 million worth of fines upon the establishment owners. The Internet Bars were apparently letting young children pay to play violent and adult-only PC games. China inspected a grand-total of 1.8 million bars, and ordered about 18,000 of those bars to "to stop operation for rectification," It's estimated that 18% of China's Internet population is composed of minors."

Comments

I have an idea

[PacoTaco]

Someone needs to start a "shut down by China" list so the rest of us can find the good stuff.

Must be because they are using microsoft

[egnop]

I remember Chinese government promotes Linux

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/11/18/0219249.shtm l?tid=102&tid=126&tid=163&tid=187

Re:Nothing has changed

[nomadic]

Wait which one - China or the US?

Yes.

Question...

[KrackHouse]

How do you say Patriot Act in Chinese?