From Associated Press via iwon.com:
China is cracking down on cable television operators who offer unauthorized foreign satellite broadcasts ” the communist government’s latest bid to maintain its monopoly on information, a newspaper reported Saturday.
China’s TV regulator last month ordered local authorities to root out operators that provide Chinese homes with foreign channels, which are officially restricted to tourist hotels and compounds where foreigners work and live, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper reported. Summaries of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television ‘s order said it was aimed at strengthening regulation, maintaining government information controls and “blocking the intellectual and cultural infiltration of enemy forces.” [Full Text]
