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."

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Hmmmmmm

[fred911]

"The Internet Bars were apparently letting young children pay to play violent and adult-only PC games"

From the people that brought us

"The official Xinhua News Agency issued a brief statement saying that the recoverable satellite touched down at 10:43 a.m. Beijing Time [0243 UTC] after spending 18 days in space."

Yea.....

Smells Like Republicans

[b2designer]

BLAH BLAH BLAH Bush and Rove BLAH BLAH BLAH Patriot Act BLAH BLAH BLAH Police State.

Re:So what !

[StikyPad]

Or a completely accurate view of what's happening in the US.