China’s domestic security chief, Zhou Yongkang, added his voice to calls for tighter Internet controls as censors ratcheted up temporary online restrictions, a day after a failed attempt to use social-networking sites to start a “Jasmine Revolution” in China.Mr. Zhou, one of the nine members of the Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee, the country’s top decision-making body, was quoted in official media Monday as saying Chinese officials needed to find new ways to defuse social unrest.
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China Co-Opts Social Media to Head Off Unrest: Government allows networking sites-if they block or remove controversial material
China’s domestic security chief, Zhou Yongkang, added his voice to calls for tighter Internet controls as censors ratcheted up temporary online restrictions, a day after a failed attempt to use social-networking sites to start a “Jasmine Revolution” in China.