CHINA: NO NEW INTERNET CAFES THIS YEAR:

An article in the China Daily reports that the Chinese government has decided to ban any new internet cafes from opening through the rest of the year. China has the world's second largest population of internet users with 137 million people online and will likely surpass the USA within two years.

While expressing much concern about internet pornography, gambling and violence the present Chinese government is much more concerned about access of its people to ideas the government finds "subversive". The government is concerned that internet cafes are "improperly renting out their licences" and "failing to register the identities of their users" (yes, that is the law in China).

Go to the article above to read more.