Originally published by The Associated Report Online

The Chinese government, announced Monday, that a further strengthening of its control over the Internet will take place. The intn is to keep out the ‘hostile foreign forces’ who spread ‘dangerous information’ on the Web.
Beijing regularly launches major operations to serve the Chinese Web, tightly controlling its sites contrary to law. Several operations involving cracking down on pornography sites took place in 2009, leading to dozens of arrests and closure of sites.
The defenders of human rights believe that these operations are mainly a pretext to eliminate sites with political content, such as those addressing the issue of Tibet. After the riots in Xinjiang, Beijing had even completely blocked access to the network in that province.
In recent months, China has repeatedly reinforced its legislative control over the Network, including forcing ISPs to extend their cooperation with law enforcement.
Technically, Beijing has also strengthened in recent months the ‘Great Firewall’ which allows him to block access to some foreign sites. The Internet giant Google closed China’s page in April, now redirecting users to its Hong Kong version, to protest against the policy of self-censorship imposed by Beijing. Google had been the victim of a late 2009 widespread piracy, the search engine attributes to Chinese pirates.

http://www.associatedreportonline.com/china-wants-to-rid-the-internet-of-hostile-foreign-forces/026