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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. Re:Not as bad as you may first think... by 0123456 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Indeed. It's not that China is an evil tyranny and America is a glorious bastion of freedom, it's that both are authoritarian states which choose to control and limit _different_ aspects of freedom.

    China, for example, has a lot more economic freedom than America (most obviously, I believe the top income tax rate is only 15%), but less freedom of speech (though, today, that difference is rapidly decreasing).

  2. Re:Sigh, Freedom of speech out the window by Epistax · · Score: 1, Troll

    We yell at Iran for making nukes, N. Korea for having nukes, and now China for supporting ignorance. It sounds like they take after us quite well.