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China's population of Internet users has surpassed 100 million, the
government said Tuesday.
China already has the world's second-largest population of people
online after the United States, which has 135 million.
The latest Chinese figure was announced by Xi Guohua, an official with
the Ministry of Information Industry, according to the official Xinhua
News Agency.
Last week, China's government threatened to shut down Web sites that
fail to register with regulators in a new campaign to tighten controls on
what the public can see online.
China promotes Internet use for education and
business but also tries to block its public from seeing material deemed
pornographic or subversive
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Authorities also are trying to tighten
controls on what children can see online.
(Agencies) | 
Updated: 2005-06-29 11:17
