From Xinhua News:
The Chinese government has pledged to eradicate the sale of new selling new Internet bar licenses, which has continued despite a ban earlier this month.
Tuo Zuhai, vice director of the Ministry of Culture cultural market department, said at a meeting on Internet bars that licenses were still sold in some areas for high profits after 14 government departments, including the Ministry of Culture, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Information Industry, banned the practise. [Full Text]
