China state paper urges Internet rethink to gag foes

[Aussie Mike]

On Friday September 2, 2011, 1:10 pm EDT
Yahoo.com - China Daily

By Chris Buckley

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Communist Party control is at risk unless the government takes firmer steps to stop Internet opinion being shaped by increasingly organized political foes, a team of party writers warned in a commentary published on Friday.

The long commentary in the overseas edition of the People's Daily, the main newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party, added to signs that Beijing, jolted by the growing audience and influence of Twitter-like microblogging websites, is weighing fresh ways to tame and channel online opinion.

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[Aussie Mike]

Tame the beast is fine but to maim it, torture it and kill it is a bit much.

I'm now finding some international sites bar me from logging in because I'm in China. 

It's getting harder even vpn's are difficult to get regular access to.