China net cafe culture crackdown

Darksat said: "Chinese authorities closed 12,575 net cafes in the closing months of 2004, the country's government said. According to the official news agency most of the net cafes were closed down because they were operating illegally. Chinese net cafes operate under a set of strict guidelines and many of those most recently closed broke rules that limit how close they can be to schools. The move is the latest in a series of steps the government has taken to crack down on "immoral net use". Full Story* [url]http://www.aaitechnologies.co.uk/chat/viewtopic.php?t=223[/url]"

Darren said: "The whole country is behind a firewall, so imagine that! The sites people can visit are very limited. That's why I have a very hard time believing China is really anywhere near being such a great superpower."

Darksat said: "you can bypass the firewall without to much trouble but it is an example of how bad the goverment is there."

Padawan said: "In China they cannot even access sites such as the BBC news service so they are unable to keep up with the latest news / propaganda, depending on your point of view."

edwin said: "a completely filtered internet. i think way too much gets left out."

Padawan said: "Although it could be argued that the completely [I]un[/I]filtered internet we see leaves too much left in !"

Darksat said: "No way, I believe in freedom of information, its up to you if you want to filter what you view, not someone else."

Padawan said: "I do too Darksat, it was just a whimsical comment about the state of [I]some[/I] sites on the internet these days"

Darksat said: "Dont be slagging edwin off. ;) :p :D"

Padawan said: "Who said I was talking about Edwin's site ? ;)"

Darksat said: "Sorry, it just sprung to mind."

Padawan said: "No need to apologise, see the emoticon - I was being sarcastic :)"

Darksat said: "Shall we have a lets see who can slag of edwin the most threadjack. :D"