Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Great Regulars: The U.S.-based former editor of

Dacankao online magazine, Li Hongkuan, also sees the move as another way of boosting control over the online activities of Chinese netizens.

"This is aimed at better management," Li said.

"The chains will be run by a single company in each case, so if there is a problem with any of the cafes, all the others will be implicated as well."

"What this means in effect is that the top-down network model of Chinese politics will be transposed onto the Internet cafe industry."

from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: China To Shake Up Cybercafes

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