Recent records of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows that the Giant Panda State government has closed about 1.3 million Internet sites. "The number of Internet sites was reduced 41 percent by the end of 2010 from the previous year," the academy said.
One of the scientists there, Liu Ruisheng, said there was no relationship between tighter regulation and suppression. "China has a high degree of freedom of speech on the internet," he added.
According to Liu, as the AP and AFP on Wednesday (07/13/2011), although the number of Internet sites decreased, the number of Internet pages increased to 60 billion during 2010. That means an increase of 79 percent of total pages in the previous year. "This means our content is more robust, although more stringent oversight and more regulated," he said.
The civil rights activists have long denounced by China's internet censorship policy. The policy was dubbed the "Great Firewall of China".
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