[BlessingInDisguise]

"China has also closed thousands of Internet cafes since a fire June 16 at a cafe in Beijing that killed 25 people."

In the name of safety and security no doubt.

[Free the USA]

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[Pyro7480]

Yahoo!, collaborators with the oppresive communist regime in China, in their quest to keep information contrary to the official government line out of the hands of the Chinese people. This is an outrage. Write Yahoo! an e-mail expressing your outrage, and if they don't comply, vote with your feet. REMEMBER TIANANMEN SQUARE!!!!

[Dec31,1999]

China is trying to experiment with a limited amount of economic freedom, while restricting other freedoms. I wonder if it will work. They will have some degree of success.

The vast majority are still very poor. I don't see how any nation can be prosperous without property rights as of yet. See exhibit A below:

Most areas of the globe without property rights, such as North Korea, Cuba, Haiti, etc, don't have lights, either, which is indicative of poverty.Some areas are not so bright because of a lack of population, however. But If China is so populated, why is it mostly dark?

What do you think?

[George from New England]

"China has also closed thousands of Internet cafes since a fire June 16 at a cafe in Beijing that killed 25 people."

I think someone rearranged the sentence, makes more sense as...

China has killed 25 people in Beijing with a fire in the closing of thousands of Internet cafes since June 16.

That sounds more like the ChiCom's methods.

[wai-ming]

Thanks for this post.

I am currently in China, and it takes FOREVER to access Yahoo! Now I know why.

FreeRepublic, by the way, comes up immediately. Good to be "home". I'm relying on FR for the news of what's really going on in the world.

I'll be here as long as they don't pull the pl..............................

[Smocker]

Bet you won't find this anywhere in the Chinese Yahoo sites:

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.