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Net Nanny Follies
18,401 websites shut downPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, September 13, 2007 11:23 AM
Last week Danwei republished some annoyed comments from Chinese bloggers who reported that thousands of websites and servers have been shut down this month, presumably in the run-up to the 17th Party Congress when all netizens should be aware that this is not the time to engage in any horseplay about 'sensitive' subjects. Tuesday's Shanghai Daily confirmed the blogger's reports but said that most of the shutdowns were because of pornographic content:
The Shanghai Daily is controlled by that city's government. In 2003, your correspondent was involved in a deal for a Chinese company to take over the operations of the newspaper; the final approval for the deal had to come from Chen Liangyu, the mayor and Party secretary who is now in jail on corruption charges. In 2005, the magazine was revamped with some involvement and investment from Kerry Stokes, owner of Australia's Seven network. The newspaper has been steadily improving since then, and often manages to report real news. |
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Comments on 18,401 websites shut down
A porn post without a reference to Skinhua?
8000 porn websites shut down, and "Foreign actresses urgently needed in Beijing".
I thought the two might be connected for a moment.
So the Shanghai Daily is the magazine referred to in the last paragraph of this post?