Friday, May 14, 2010

Internet for Western China

Today, Friday May, 14th, full Internet service was brought back to the Chinese region of Xinjiang. The ban had occurring for the past 10 months. As the ban was lifted, people swarmed Internet cafes to check emails and such that had been building up for months. The "Great Firewall", or Chinese government censorship of many web pages and social networking, is still there. A new department in Beijing was created to help monitor the social networking of social networking sites.

by Jenae Harner

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