Chinese Bloggers have to register their real names


	Chinese Bloggers have to register their real names

Osolage

5-24-2007 10:05 AM

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politics, blogging, web, news

Osolage says:

In a way, I think the Chinese government has a point. I mean, I'm not proponent of censorship, but if certain content weren't on the net in the first place, perhaps people wouldn't be so enthusiastic about getting on the net to experience said content...

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