Can Peking tame the Net?
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Commercial and private access to the Internet has only been available in China since 1995, and access providers must route their connections through gateways established by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, or one of three other government organisations. It is believed that more than 100,000 people in China now have access to the Internet, and the government is becoming increasingly concerned about losing its control of the media. It has now introduced a temporary halt on Internet connections, and plans to introduce new regulations.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1996
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Peking insists it is not starving orphans
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Recent publicity claiming that thousands of babies and children have been dying every year in state-run urban orphanages in China has portrayed the Chinese government in a very poor light. It is now making considerable efforts to fight against this, denying that infants and children are being systematically starved to death or killed by deliberate neglect. It is now calling on the western media to inspect the Shanghai Children's Welfare Institute.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1996
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