China Shutsdown thousands of Net cafes

This is a short article.. it spoke a little abt how China shutted down thousands of illegal net cafes.
In wk 10's lecture we gone thru the e-revolution in China.
Apparently the burgeoning of internet is not all boon.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6969418/

" the government controls what the public can see online and blocks access to Web sites deemed pornographic or subversive. Internet cafes are banned near schools and the hours that children can use them are restricted."

The internet is such a vast and borderless territory. I feel that as much as the Chinese government will like to put controls inplace to protect her citizens from the evils of the internet, they are waging a losing battle.
For every site they banned, there will be 10 other new sites set up by others.

However, lacing time restrictions on children's useage of the internet may b a good move because it may help inculcate in the younger generation better net time useage. However from my personal experience, once I have access to the net, it is really quite tough to "limit" my use. Probably due to communication avenues such as the MSN messenger and ICQ which provides a fastr and convenient means to keep in touch with all my friends.
This convenience to chat does indeed come with a heavy cost. Many precious hours will be wasted behind the monitor screen "chatting" with our frens!!

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