JohnRich 4 #1 May 7, 2004 In the news: China has shut down more than 8,600 Internet cafes since February, many of them for illegally admitting juveniles, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday. "Any such place allowing juveniles to enter or allowing unhealthy information to spread through the Internet will face rigid, severe penalty," Xinhua said. China also bans Internet cafes within 220 yards of schools because of its fears that children could become exposed to pornography or hooked on online video games. Internet cafes that admit minors "have brought great harm to the mental health of teenagers and interfered with the school teaching, which has aroused strong reaction from the public," the General Administration for Industry and Commerce said in a statement, as reported by Xinhua. Source Bless the 1st Amendment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoadRash 0 #2 May 7, 2004 It's China, what do you expect? I have several Chinese friends that consider themselves lucky they grew up in this country....I even had one friend whose parents were suprised when she chose American citizenship over Chinese citizenship...like that was a hard choice to make...... ~R+R~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Fly the friendly skies...^_^...})ii({...^_~... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
