In their latest move to
protect the nation's youth, the Chinese government has passed new legislation that will prohibit teens from entering
Internet cafes and karaoke bars. These establishments are also restricted from advertising electronic games that
threaten national security, or present negative connotations of China or other countries. In a similar move three years ago, Chinese officials closed 3,000 cyber
cafes during their "national safety campaign". And we think we have it bad with the ESRB and age verification.China tightens grip on Internet usage
In their latest move to
protect the nation's youth, the Chinese government has passed new legislation that will prohibit teens from entering
Internet cafes and karaoke bars. These establishments are also restricted from advertising electronic games that
threaten national security, or present negative connotations of China or other countries. In a similar move three years ago, Chinese officials closed 3,000 cyber
cafes during their "national safety campaign". And we think we have it bad with the ESRB and age verification.


















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How long does the Chinese government think it can keep its people ignorant of the world around them?
It really makes me sick and angry. Things like this shouldn't exist anymore. Period.
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I think it's a little harsh but I suppose they have their reasons. Those, albeit few, deaths from asian countries of gamers playing in cafes for hours and days on end are a reminder that some places need restrictions.
... Don't understand the karaoke bar part to this though...
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MMOGs allow Chinese people--and more importantly young Chinese people who are still forming new thoughts--to connect with people from other countries. Countries where speech is free and people are allowed to search for whatever they want on Google.
Furthermore, the cafes are not all exclusively for gaming. These are places where normal people can access the internet and search for information.
Whatever your feelings on games and addiction are, this is a bad thing for the millions of people in China.
Yes the Chinese government does have its reasons, but the protection of its people is not one of them.
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This isnt about dealing /w porn, its about the commie gov censoring as much as possible. Have you been paying attention to the google fiasco?
go here
http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&q=june4th&btnG=Google+%E6%90%9C%E7%B4%A2&meta=
thats chinese google for ya see the message at the bottem? Translates to
"In accordance with local laws, regulations, and policies, some search results can't be displayed"
Its about censorship pure and simple. The commies know that revolutions start /w newer generations so censor the youngers first and censor them hard so they dont grow open minds.
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Yep usa gov is stupid selling bonds to china is dumb for two reasons
1st your going in debt overspending on stupid shit
2nd WRONG COUNTRY BROZ... every1 has been saying for decades in us that CHINA IS BECOMING A POWER... CHINA'S ECONOMY IS GROWING...CHINA IS GOING TO SUPRASS THE US ECONOMY...and guess what it hasnt happened yet. Goes to show ya how communist regimes supress a societies growth. Billions of ppl living and dying with no growth. So not only are we stupid for going so far in debt on poor spending agendas we are stupid for investing in the wrong country.
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The best thing we can do is try to get the info flow opened up into China so everyone there can see that cybercafes (and karoake) don't make the world end.
Don't forget that this internet censorship is brought to you by the same government that ran tanks over protesting students. The Chinese governement is hypersensitive to any criticism has outlawed some religions and still occupies Tibet.
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I'm suddenly glad that I live in the US of A. (But not overly so...)
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This is what the chinese ppl did
http://www.cnd.org/June4th/demo.html
This is what the chinese ppl got from their government (warning gross stuff here).
http://www.cnd.org/June4th/massacre.html
The government is criticized for its consistant ignorance of human rights.
The movement in 1989 started from the college campus and grew. The chinese gov is learning well to censor the young.
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Are you saying that you *agree* with the censorship created by the Chinese government?
I don't see anyone here saying that China should be nuked. I only see people that are appalled by the behavior of its government.
I don't see how anyone could support the Chinese government on the issue of civil and human rights. I don't think anyone here believes that China is "evil," just that its government is overly oppressive of its people.
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As a Chinese, I would think in this way:
1. it is bad thing
2. if Chinese Gov. was not scared of western too much, it may do something different.
3. to me it is only small part of the history. Chinese people have a lot to remember. Talk to real Chinese and not the ones only want to move to US and will do anything for it.
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much, it may do something different."
There fixed it for u.
"Chinese people have a lot to remember."
Yes they do, EXACTLY what thegovernment tells them to remember. The gov is all too obviously in
the middle of a large censorship campaign right now.
Thats what it all ties down to. The gov. is ignoring human rights with acts such as the birth control (do you know how bad the orphanages are right now? FILLED with poor little girls who were abandoned becuase people want to have there boys and cant have more than 1 for fear of enforced abortions), the censorship, removing peoples homes and destroying farmland for the 3 gorges dame; these are all things happening now. Ya the chinese people have lots of horrid things to remember if the govs lets em. Or they can take a good look at whats going on today and see more.
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Yes they do. But after june 4th 1989 coupled with consistant censorship that day is no where near the immediate future.
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Yeah that massive Three Gorges Dam is just a stupid project, anyone interested go read about it in wikipedia.
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All those books can sell well in western. If it can make you a living, good.
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You just dont get it.
Human rights isnt about christianity, western government, or western culture.
Human rights lies in the simple fact that cultures (regardless of location) are nothing more than ideas held by groups of people, and that government (regardless of location) is nothing more than a group of people and that these groups of cultures and government are comprised of single individuals that are all born the same and die just like every other person on this planet. That means that all people regardless of what group or culture or government they belong to have no inherent right or power over another individual.
This debate isnt about cultures having different values. Its about people failing to recognize that whatever power or authority a body of just more people (plain and simple) have over them is only their becuase they themselves allow it.
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Even if it did they whole premise of human rights is beyond the scope of US governement (Or ANY governement). It would be just wrong for the US to do it as the chinese government.
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You wont deny that humans are equal therefore a government (body of humans) has no ability to harm or steal for from its people. You wont deny that the sole purpose of government is the protection of those rights (why else would a body of people join together that to protect their interests?) instead you try to draw the line that since peopl are equal ideas are equal. Which gives governments the ability to manage as they see fit. But like people ideas can be measured. Measure a person and you find the facts underlying their existance. They are all born, they all die, they all have needs. Measure an idea and they are all based open the facts underyling their existance. The premises that lead to communism is not the same as the premises leading to human rights. Believe it or not the ideas that the jew is lesser compared to the german, the black compared the white, lower class to the upper government established class are not equal to ideas established on much better analysis, much more solid comparison, and far truer logic like human rights.
Sorry but thats what I have to leave you with because I am off for work.
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You wont deny that humans are equal therefore a government (body of humans) has no ability to harm or steal for from its people. You wont deny that the sole purpose of government is the protection of those rights (why else would a body of people join together that to protect their interests?) instead you try to draw the line that since people are equal ideas are equal. Which gives governments the ability to manage as they see fit. But like people ideas can be measured. Measure a person and you find the facts underlying their existance. They are all born, they all die, they all have needs. Therefore they are all equal. Measure an idea and they are all based open the facts underyling their existance. The premises that lead to communism are not the same as the premises leading to human rights. Believe it or not the ideas that the jew is lesser compared to the german, the black compared the white, lower class to the upper government established class are not equal to ideas established on much better analysis, much more solid comparison, and far truer logic like human rights.
Sorry but thats what I have to leave you with because I am off for work.
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Wrong. There's something called the First Ammendment that prevents that. =)
Are you so blinded by propaganda that you can not see the EVIL that lies within the Chinese government? It has nothing to do with any religion, any observer can see the harm that is being done.
The Chinese government can not last forever. In this day and age you can not stop the truth. It's is grasping at straws, desperately trying to keep the people ignorent but they will fail and IT WILL BE OVERTHROWN. And with it will come freedom.
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Let's not get too up in arms over this. You must remember that western history is hardly a slate clean of injustice and corruption. Some of that darker side of western history has even had quite a few ill effects on China itself. I wouldn't be too quick to judge.
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"THE First Ammendment" "can not last forever. In this day and age you can not stop the truth. It's is grasping at straws, desperately trying to keep the people ignorent but they will fail and IT WILL BE OVERTHROWN. And with it will come freedom."
Too lazy to type, sorry
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I had already previously stated that human rights is above western civilizations and there history. Note that the examples of bad ideas when I was discussing that ideas are not equal were all examples from western civilizations.
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