China Makes Arrests To Stop Internet Porn

thefickler writes "The Chinese Government is expanding a crackdown on Internet pornography. Xinhua news agency, which is owned by the government and can safely be used for reporting in China, says the campaign to scrub the country's Internet of 'vulgar' content has so far resulted in 29 criminal cases. Police have ordered the removal of 46,000 pornographic and other 'harmful' items from websites. The latest crackdown comes after official warnings of rising social unrest as the economy slows. It's no coincidence that this year is the twentieth anniversary of Tiananmen Square, or, to use the acceptable nomenclature, 'the June 4th incident.'"

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[Scrameustache]

a lot of chinese people happen to like the chinese government and approve of what's going on

Quite right. This is anecdotal, but the Chinese people I've spoken with about this simply do not see the problems that I try to ask them about. They largely agree with what the Chinese government is doing. They see government as their protector, and mostly agree/assume that "the government knows best." They point to the remarkable progress and advancement in China (in terms of tech, economy, society, etc.) to prove their point.

same with the US, all the wiretapping and fingerprinting and tasering and "free speech zoning" is mostly agreed to by the people who make up their mind by absorbing whatever propaganda is thrown at them.

They point to a lack of another terrorist attack since 9-11 to prove their point (never mind the anthrax, happy face bomber, the beltway sniper...)