China Freezes New Internet Cafes
After the U.S., China is home to the world's second biggest online population and is projected to strip us of that Internet gold medal within the next two years. Though the government somewhat encourages the use of the Web for business and education, it's a longtime offender when it comes to censorship, even completely blocking access to Google at one point. In fact, the only reason the search giant was let back into the country was because it censored itself for Chinese users.
China's defense for its strict governance of the Internet is that it believes young people are being corrupted by gambling, porn and violent video games. And no doubt a little bit of freedom of speech, as well.
From Engadget
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Ron Weiland @ Jan 28th 2008 2:16PM
Living in the San Francisco Bay area, it was well known that Chinese Young women were always available for any sexual fantasy you could think about. Usually for material gifts they would practice their skills in china by viewing the internet.