From XinhuaNet:
China on Sunday launched a three-month crackdown on Internet gambling, aiming to purify the cyber environment.
The prevalence of online gaming has ruined the online environment and harmed young people’s growth, which runs against the policy of building a harmonious society,” said a circular jointly issued by the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Information Industry and the State Press and Publication Administration.
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong and Zhejiang are key places to be supervised, it said, adding the government should clamp down on online games that involve gambling and online betting. [Full Text]
