China Sets New Rules On Internet News

auckland map writes "China set new regulations on Internet news content which ban the spreading of any news with content that is against national security and public interest. Established news media needed permission to run a news Web site, while new operators had to register themselves with government information offices. This move further widens a campaign of controls Chinese government has imposed on web sites, communication, leisure and businesses." From the article: "The state bans the spreading of any news with content that is against national security and public interest ... [internet news sites] must be directed toward serving the people and socialism and insist on correct guidance of public opinion for maintaining national and public interests."

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Keep this in mind...

[jjn1056]

...next time you are shopping for cheap goods made in china.

After living in Beijing for the last 20 months, I've witnessed more crimes against humanity than I did in all my previous 36 years of life.