Edgy China blog site shut down amid Internet porn sweep
China expanded an Internet cleanup campaign Friday, shutting down an edgy blog hosting site for apparently carrying “harmful comments” and…
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China (/ˈtʃaɪnə/; Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; see also Names of China), officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is the world’s most populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world’s second-largest country by land area, and the third- or fourth-largest by total area, depending on the definition of total area.
The People’s Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Its capital city is Beijing. The PRC also claims Taiwan—which is controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity—as its 23rd province, a claim controversial due to the complex political status of Taiwan and the unresolved…
China expanded an Internet cleanup campaign Friday, shutting down an edgy blog hosting site for apparently carrying “harmful comments” and…