· July, 2007

Stories about China from July, 2007

China: Internet control after Xiamen protest

6 July 2007

“Under a new city regulation, online users would have to use their real names when posting messages on more than 100,000 Web sites registered in Xiamen”, a Southern Chinese city where citizens used blogs, chatrooms and SMS to organize a protest against a planned construction of a toxic chemical plant.

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