100 Million Online in China

Colin Smith writes "Rising levels of personal wealth in the nation of China means that the country now has over 100 million internet users, and the authorities are discovering just how difficult it is to place a dam against information in the digital age." From the article: "Only last week, the authorities threatened to shut down websites and blogs that failed to register with regulators in a new campaign to tighten controls on what the public can see online. The so-called Great Firewall of China is constantly being breached as citizens and the authorities play a cat and mouse game with the flow of information."

Comments

Re:There goes the internet

[Anonymous Coward]

worst thing is, they want to use the internet again an hour after they finished.

[rimshot]

Re:Is it so?

[mpathetiq]

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Oh oh

[LegendOfLink]

Now I will be getting e-mails from Mr. Lin from the Chinese government instead of Mr. Ubuntu from Nigeria.

Either way, I've got my bank account ready ;)

Re:Great to hear

[danormsby]

> You don't need the internets to find out how to make a bomb. You just need half a brain.

And half a brain is what you might have after the bomb goes off.

For those wanting to experiment you will find many delights on my site.

Re:Difficult, but...

[Alphabet Pal]

especially over TCP/IP

No, no, no - they've already banned TCP/IP. In China, their internet is entirely HTML-based.

But they only come up to your knees

[Anonymous Coward]

I like Chinese.
I like Chinese.
They only come up to your knees,
Yet they're always friendly, and they're ready to please.

I like Chinese.
I like Chinese.
They come from a long way overseas,
But they're cute and they're cuddly, and they're ready to please.

Wo ai zhongguo ren.
Wo ai zhongguo ren.
Wo ai zhongguo ren.
Ni hao ma; ni hao ma; ni hao ma; zaijien!