The Chinese government has banned the opening of new Internet cafes, claiming the move is to protect the children of the country and to aid in the crackdown on crime that the cafes are supposedly a hotspot for.However, some believe that this is a facade for a more sinister plan to attempt to stem the tide of free thought that the Internet can bring with it.
With China set to overtake the US in Internet users over the next 2 years, the harsh censorship restrictions on the Internet in the world's most populous country come more into focus.
Many websites advocating democracy are blocked, as are any number of news websites that have the danger of reporting stories other than the Communist Party's official version of the truth:
"There is something more behind this," said Julien Pain of Reporters Without Borders. "When the authorities try to justify their internet policy, they always use the excuse of protecting children. But in China, this is not the whole story. They also block news websites."
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