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China police chief urges harsher Internet controls

BEIJING : China's police chief has called for a reinforced nationwide Internet security system, in the nation's latest effort to oversee the activities of the world's largest online population. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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