Internet cafe ban sparks wide debate
By Wu Jiao (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-10-09 07:15
"We cannot just blame net cafes for all wrongdoings," said Qiu.
In 2004, the city of Chibi in Central China's Hubei Province shut down all of
its 57 net cafes.
However, the move was rejected by the supervisory provincial bureau which
said the ban was "not feasible," reported local newspaper the Wuhan Morning
Post.
The latest survey released by the China Internet Network Information Centre
showed 30 million of the country's 200 million primary and middle school
students were regular netizens by June. They accounted for nearly a quarter of
the country's 123 million netizens.
A previous survey by the Jiangsu Provincial Youngster Psychology Research
Centre in May showed that 48.5 per cent of student netizens played games and 36
per cent were engaged in "chatting" online. About 10 per cent of those surveyed
admitted to visiting pornographic websites.
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