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China Considers Tightening Control Over Internet Websites

  • Draft rules could ban domain names not approved by authorities
  • Industry experts fear China's Internet will become `Intranet'
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China Eyes Tighter Web Rules

Shai Oster and Lulu Yilun Chen
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China is moving to tighten its grip over the Internet through draft rules that effectively ban Web addresses not approved by local authorities, including possibly the most widely used .com and .org addresses.

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