China steps up Web controls but investors untroubled

[mandy]

China's cyber police have intensified controls over the country's 100 million Internet users in the past few months but that hasn't stopped Western Web firms from pushing ever farther into the booming market.

..Rather than using their clout to help push the boundaries of free speech and information in the one-party state, critics say companies like Google, Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are at best turning a blind eye to the machinations of the cyber police..

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[mandy]

China is imposing new regulations to control content on its news Web sites, the government said on Sunday, another step in its ongoing effort to police a rapidly expanding Internet population

China’s population of Internet users has surpassed 100 million and is the world’s second largest after the United States, which has 135 million.

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