【出版时间及名称】：2009年10月
      【作者】：Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
      【文件格式】：PDF
      【页数】：24
      【目录或简介】：
1. SYNOPSIS
After a slow start,  we are now seeing increasingly rapid development  of Internet  businesses in China.
The pace of development has really been quickening as more and more of the population gain access to
the Internet. The development of online enterprise in China, while borrowing heavily from the more
developed markets, is showing strong signs of being innovative. In the meantime, in order to reach its
full potential, there are many Internet-related issues still needing to be confronted, not least of which is
the regulatory regime. Controversial action by the Chinese government in respect of Internet companies
such as Google,  Yahoo! and Microsoft  continues to loom as problematic.  This report  looks at  various
aspects of the emerging new Internet economy in China.


2. INTERNET REGULATIONS AND CENSORSHIP
2.1 OVERVIEW
Sweeping Internet regulations were published in October 2000:  Internet  Information  Service
andManagement Rules  and  Internet Billboards Publication Rules .  These  regulations  limited
foreigninvestment,  required strict  surveillance against  ‘subversive’ content  and threatened to close
down anyunlicensed companies.

By holding companies responsible for blocking vast categories of illegal content on their websites and
chat rooms, the rules also illustrated Beijing’s determination to contain the spread of ideas deemed
dangerous to Communist Party rule. The regulations ban any subversive content that supports cults, that
‘harms the reputation’ of China, or that hurts reunification efforts with Taiwan, among others.