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Chinese Force Mass Closure Of Net Cafes

Posted by Hemos on from the need-to-guard-rights dept.

Chien Andalusia writes "According to this article from the BBC, the Chinese authorities closed 12,575 net cafes towards the end of 2004. Due to the expense of computer hardware, net cafés have become very popular in China in recent years. The laws governing such cafés are very strict, especially in relation to minimising the amount of exposure children can get to the internet. For example, no net café is allowed to open within 200 metres of a middle or elementary school. The article also briefly discusses other restrictions imposed on Chinese net cafés."

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  1. How ironic... by justkarl · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

    Probably what the Chinese gov't had to say, too...

  2. Give 'em Alcohol by schestowitz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Serve alcohol at the Inertnet cafe and the problem is solved. No controversy either

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    1. Re:Give 'em Alcohol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Serve pot and they don't even need Internet access. They'll just sit quietly grooving to the screen saver.

    2. Re:Give 'em Alcohol by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny
      Serve alcohol at the Inertnet cafe and the problem is solved. No controversy either


      Oh, sure. Cause what we really need is a half a billion or so more drunk people surfing the web and posting stuff on Slashdot. :-P

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  3. The Children by Dracolytch · · Score: 4, Funny

    We will impose our elitist totolitarian regime on you because of the Children! Won't you think of the children? (Thud) How about now? (Whap) Now? Good!

    ~D

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  4. The Censorship Technology Is Good If Used Properly by Space_Soldier · · Score: 4, Funny

    We all hate what the Chinese government are doing to their population, but all you admins out there, think about it. Their censorship technology is the best in the world, and it would improve production if it was implemented in USA companies. How would it improve production you ask? It will, for example, keep people from reading Slashdot all day.

  5. Chinese basement nerds of tommorow by MrLint · · Score: 3, Funny

    Its a good thing those cafes are 200m away. This is sure to be too far a walk for the chinese computer CHUDs the internet will surely spawn:)

  6. Re:Sigh, Freedom of speech out the window by quarkscat · · Score: 5, Funny

    No doubt this is the PRC's way of limiting
    the number of dissidents it will have to
    arrest. You can't expect their government to
    build hundreds of new prisons without having
    new labor contracts already signed by Western
    corporations. The PRC government does have
    rudimentary knowledge about supply and demand,
    and staying in the "sweet spot" for labor costs.