[One Proud Son]

Well, people should have the freedom to look at whatever the hell they want on the internet, but I agree with preventing children from looking at sexually explicit and violent material (I know in China "explicit" also means anti-communist propoganda). At least they have half-good intentions with regard to censorship.

[Mad Mammoth]

Oh sure, and this is the same COMMUNIST China that thinks there should be GLOBAL control of the Internet, because they think the U.S. is too dominant.

The U.S. Government may not have a perfect track record, but they've never shut down 47,000 websites or censored access as do the Imperial Masters of Beijing.

[HighlyOpinionated]

Some of the Chinese who are using the Internet Cafe's are writing BLOGS which are anti-current-government and tell what's really going on. Many are in Chinese. Some add photos so you can see what's going on.

Don't ask me to give you any blog-names, though, I was surfing and didn't save any of them.

Highly Opinionated and glad I live in the USofA.

[rhombus]

China's own FCC. The "decency" squads should be very pleased.

[Anti-Bubba182]

"China has closed 47,000 internet cafes in a campaign aimed at creating a more "wholesome environment" for children..."

Baloney! They want a wholesome enviornment for the Communist Party to enforce iron control on the people.

They also want to have international control of the Internet as a whole.

China charges U.S. monopolizes the Internet, seeks global control

All of these bleatings are efforts to maintain political control, which the free exchange of information on the internet works against.

[lowbridge]

bump

[nextthunder]

Free trade

[aruanan]

China's Patriot Act.

[beyond the sea]

China shuts down 47,000 'harmful' internet cafes

This is the kind of thing Hillary will want to do.

[ImProudToBeAnAmerican]

It appears China is working overtime to maintain control...methinks it's just a matter of time before this very, very large house of cards comes (peacefully) crashing down.

Reunification of Tiawan and China? Sure, once they're both democracies and their respective citizens vote for it.

Might as well add red China to the end of the line of dominos.

I'd love to hear PRESIDENT Bush call for a democratic China...I bet he talks about it behind closed doors often and alot. Probably waiting for the Mideast to cool off before he drops this bomb..

[kayak]

ping

[spunkets]

"creating a more "wholesome environment" for children"

Std appeall of the stinkin' communists.

[shellshocked]

Liberals LOVE China, so I wonder if they will also support this censorshop attempt.

[George from New England]

"...aimed at creating a more "wholesome environment" for children."

Hog wash

[RasterMaster]

If the Red commies were concerned about children accessing "porn" they would have installed filters by now. All about mind control...nothing more.

[BroncosFan]

The hidden aspect of this story is how US companies like Google and Yahoo are falling all over themselves to comply with Beijing's restrictions, even to the point of inventing new filters aimed at such nasty, subversive sites like those discussing meditation and old ladies stretching in public parks.

[Cold Heat]

"admitting minors and engaged in dissemination of harmful cultural information", the Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily said on its website.

I think we know what is going on here.....

China has a problem, and it is not going to get better. They will just move it underground. People will be free.

[Fitzcarraldo]

I'm all for a wholesome environment./sarcasm

[TChris]

China: Continuing to work feverishly to close the Pandora's Box of truth and liberty.

[Vaquero]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1355027/posts

"bingo, bango, sugar in the gas tank!!!!!" pal-ie