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Caught in the Web.


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 number of people online in China has quadrupled to around 90 million, second only to the number of Internet users in the U.S. While the Chinese government Ever since Republic of China founded in January 1st, 1912, China has had several regional and national governments. List
  • Chinese Soviet Republic
  • Provisional Government of the Republic of China
  • Reformed Government of the Republic of China
 has embraced the Internet as an economic tool, it has also clamped down on what it views as undesirable use and content through surveillance and filtering. According to according to
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 Reporters Without Borders A number of NGOs have adopted the "Without Borders" tag, inspired by Doctors without Borders.
  • Reporters Without Borders
  • Braille Without Borders - established 2002.
  • Action Without Borders
, a human-rights organization, 61 people are in prison in China "for posting messages or articles on the Internet that were considered subversive." The Chinese government fitters search-engine results so that sensitive keywords like "Taiwan independence" return no hits. China's 300 million cell-phone users are subject to scrutiny as well. The government has begun filtering text messages that contain keywords, phrases, or numbers that they find suspicious. Mobile-phone companies are fined or even shut down if they fail to property police their customers.
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Title Annotation:China
Publication:New York Times Upfront
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:9CHIN
Date:Feb 14, 2005
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