China Says It Will Not Disrupt Legitimate Internet Access
- Regulators say they won’t cut off authorized access to web
- Statement follows a Bloomberg News report issued Monday
China's Great Firewall Gets Tougher
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A Chinese ministry said it will not disrupt legitimate access to the global internet by businesses and general users, after a Bloomberg report it had ordered telecommunications carriers to bar individuals from using services to circumvent its Great Firewall.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s existing notice governing the use of virtual private networks, issued January, should not affect activities of local and foreign businesses or users in general, it said in an emailed statement.