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+ H; X$ q. A1 n; M) G& D1 i5.39.217.76 + G# `' D" h% v7 `3 n& iTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。by Bill ChappellTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。1 }7 c& ^; q" ~( d0 }8 e C
' B/ `" y0 E; M; \2 W( G+ Z7 G $ N' w. r" q8 D3 E) iThe Internet, as you may have noticed, just seems to keep on growing. But not in China — in fact, Chinese officials said that the country had 41 percent fewer sites at the end of 2010 than existed one year earlier — mostly the result of government restrictions.公仔箱論壇" @! n8 @6 u5 r" {! h/ Z; j2 I
Worldwide, there were a reported 255 million websites at the end of 2010. That number, drawn from research conducted by Royal Pingdom, reflects a yearly gain of 21.4 million sites. ! e; q+ P! w& k" Y# X/ r+ |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAs the BBC reports, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences isn't alarmed by the fact that China closed down 1.3 million websites in 2010. In fact, the trend "means our content is getting stronger, while our supervision is getting more strict and more regulated," said researcher Liu Ruisheng. He also maintained that Chinese Internet users enjoy freedom of speech.* ~& ^8 S6 z# B0 m+ Z
It seems that Ruisheng sees China's Internet as being like a bonsai tree — pruned and chopped, sure, but alive and thriving in some spots. ! N V, A# u3 C& vSome of the closures are likely related to China's attempt to clamp down on pornography, an initiative launched in 2009. 5 k& X8 {7 H4 S6 ?5 I @The BBC report notes that its own Chinese-language service is routinely blocked in China, a fate shared by most social media sites, as well. And as NPR reported in December, China sought to block sites and TV from reporting the news that a jailed dissident, Liu Xiabao, had won the Nobel Peace Prize. # B! o: `% B, ~$ v2 P: fTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。And in 2008, Chinese officials targeted web videos, which were blamed for harming society. 7 p% W6 o* r% O, Z TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% n4 x: x# V6 j% n [+ H
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Source: The Telegraph . r8 L% {; I, X/ g6 t; e b + Y2 s. e- j5 q8 l2 NTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Number of Chinese websites nearly halves The number of websites in China almost halved last year, new figures have shown, leading experts to worry about the country's pervasive online censorship. S5 i" l% Z- jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" u6 B* b, y# }: k. P- S0 g
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By Malcolm Moore, Shanghai. V8 E- R% H0 E3 g2 D; {0 s. s
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According to a report from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), a government think tank, there were 1.91 million websites at the end of last year, a 41 per cent drop. 2 q0 t$ q) k" p* K- @
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It was the first time that the number of websites in China has decreased, and experts linked the statistic to recent campaigns to control the internet. ; I/ B3 S, x5 @/ ?/ s
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"The number of interactive websites, including online forums, has plummeted," said Wu Qiang, an internet analyst at Tsinghua University, to the South China Morning Post. "The drop in numbers was effective in controlling speech. Online forums and bulletin boards are much less active than before." ( f/ X: t4 a3 h5 @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( g h* q+ X, ~& ^
However, the authors of the report at CASS said the number of websites had shrunk because of the economic downturn, and because of campaigns to stamp out internet pornography and spam. " @( n: i8 F$ f; L4 I$ R0 Q
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"China has a very high level of freedom of online speech," said Liu Ruisheng, one of the editors of the report. "There have been very few cases where websites were shut down in recent years purely to control speech." ! j3 L3 t5 h+ W: f! K8 Z( G# G$ H! |/ l& J
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He said some websites had simply gone bankrupt, while others had been shut for not complying with regulations. "Some illegal websites were shut down during a clampdown on obscene content," he added. " F0 k* T, ]2 s2 g公仔箱論壇 3 U" h% w, |4 F5.39.217.76CASS also said that there was an increasing awareness of foreign countries trying to "infiltrate" China's ideology through the internet, with broadcasters such as the BBC and Voice of America switching the focus of their Chinese services online. . J' G& N4 V& m4 N! P. ]: D5 ]" C 8 `5 N2 i% F0 q5 Q% B ! a& ]! c5 b& @/ g7 C + [' N0 S5 H, g4 V6 ]TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。5 N3 B: o0 ]" p1 ?5 b$ |* L
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As China rises on the net, website numbers shrink # _# i5 z7 T+ f& y0 G8 k/ i7 OGovernment crackdown blacks out 1.4 million sites, X1 y: E4 {* Q: E
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By Richard Chirgwin • tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 E; ^' I" V. `# Z
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# L3 h6 ?4 t1 }. b+ P1 e; X4 B4 Z公仔箱論壇Even as reports put Chinese as the number two language of the Internet, behind only English, strict government control is reducing the number of Websites within China. 0 ^; j* z: N& PWith 457 million Internet users behind the Great Firewall, China’s online boom has matched its long economic boom; the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) says in 2000, the country only had around 22.5 million users. A. [( t9 q d公仔箱論壇 + i/ i+ E4 X8 U" @! ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ( w2 L0 p7 o( S/ Z* mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHowever, in the last year the government has reasserted its strict state control over what all those Chinese-speakers can access: 41 percent of the Websites that existed at the beginning of 2010 had disappeared by the end of that year. From more than 3 million Websites at the start of the year, the total had fallen to just 1.91 million by the end.5.39.217.76/ b0 s0 s' s' c9 [0 M% r% ?* J
$ f! Q( f& s" H$ F# j公仔箱論壇CASS cites “pornography” as the main reason for shutdowns, although there’s the usual suspicion that the government is also cracking down on political dissent.公仔箱論壇- K: E3 e& D- E7 @8 w
There is, however, an aspect of the data that suggests another force could also be at work. Although the number of sites fell, the CASS study found that the number of pages grew. The state-sponsored agency gave this as evidence of thriving free speech on China’s Internet. CASS media spokesperson Liu Ruisheng is quoted by AFP as saying “our content is getting stronger, while our supervision is getting more strict and more regulated”. . _+ \; `* u6 c, VCASS says 60 billion new pages were created during 2010, even though these are hosted on a falling number of domains. In other words, China’s iron control of Internet content is consolidating the number of content hosts in that country.' j6 }6 q; D4 P/ p0 ~- `3 A
It certainly wouldn’t surprise El Reg to find that content control was, either intentionally or otherwise, helping concentrate the market power of major hosts, in a country famous for using market control to favour insider capital. ® . h$ e( g; |6 j0 P8 m/ M5.39.217.76 ! E" x' ^' X: l$ w
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