The Chinese authorities are in the midst of an unusually harsh crackdown on the Internet, closing tens of thousands of websites that had allowed visitors to post their opinions, according to bloggers and Internet monitors in China.The new censorship wave appears linked to next month’s 17th Communist Party Congress, a key political gathering that will set China’s course for the coming five years. Party leaders generally prefer to meet undisturbed by criticism.
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Why China shut down 18,401 websites: A fresh censorship wave is linked to next month’s Party Congress.
The Chinese authorities are in the midst of an unusually harsh crackdown on the Internet, closing tens of thousands of websites that had allowed visitors to post their opinions, according to bloggers and Internet monitors in China.