{"id":10871,"date":"2007-01-20T21:48:25","date_gmt":"2007-01-21T04:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/01\/20\/internet-cafes-premium-meat-for-regulators-xinhua\/"},"modified":"2008-02-11T13:19:25","modified_gmt":"2008-02-11T20:19:25","slug":"internet-cafes-premium-meat-for-regulators-xinhua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/01\/internet-cafes-premium-meat-for-regulators-xinhua\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Cafes: Premium Meat for Regulators &#8211; Xinhua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"xin_2820104180928859289834.jpg\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/xin_2820104180928859289834.jpg\" width=\"150\"  \/><br \/>\n<br \/>As Internet cafes have taken the brunt of the criticism of addictive gaming and computing by a large number of young Chinese, the bosses also have their complaints: endless fees or expenses to keep their business going. From Xinhua&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tianjin\">Tianjin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gansu\">Gansu<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hebei\">Hebei<\/a> channels, translated by CDT:\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor instance in Tianjin, local Internet cafes are required, since real-name registration regime took effect, to install a few programs, such as a harmful information filtering software (\u00c1\u00f5\u00e4\u2030\u03a9\u221e<span style=\"font-family:STHeiti;\">\u00cb\u03a9\u00d8\u2030\u00aa\u2202<\/span>), 160 yuan\/machine, a real-name monitoring software (<span style=\"font-family:STHeiti;\">\u00c2\u00a7\u00f6\u00c1\u00b6\u00e8\u00c2\u00e8\u00e3<\/span>), 165 yuan\/unit and another one bundled to real-name programs (<span style=\"font-family:STHeiti;\">\u00c2\u220f\u00ef\u00c2\u00e7\u00f6\u00ca\u220f\u00a9<\/span>). An Internet cafe owner at Hedong district in Tianjin said that his cost for these installations was a sizeable 100,000 yuan, for his 300 machines. (Any market for piracy here?)\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\nAnother owner said he was asked to subscribe to some periodicals of some government agencies, several hundred yuan a year for a few pages per issue and only a handful of issues a year. But last year, he didn&#8217;t actually see a single issue.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nA &#8220;hidden rule&#8221; has it that when it comes to major holidays, such as May Day, National Day and the Spring Festival, the cafe owners are supposed to visit regulating agencies to &#8220;build up friendship&#8221; (<span style=\"font-family:STHeiti;\">\u00cb\u00c5\u00ee\u00c1\u00aa\u00fa\u00ca\u00d1\u00fc\u00ca\u00c9\u00d6<\/span>), which is nothing more than delivering gifts, cash envelopes and treating officials to nice meals.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOne of the owners didn&#8217;t pay his dues to Tianjin&#8217;s firefighters department, who soon sent inspectors and &#8220;found&#8221; that the doors and windows were not properly installed, demanding a fine of 100,000 yuan. Helpless, the boss got the problem solved by inviting the officials to meals and handing over gifts. [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/focus\/2007-01\/18\/content_5608493.htm\">Full Text<\/a>, in Chinese]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Internet cafes have taken the brunt of the criticism of addictive gaming and computing by a large number of young Chinese, the bosses also have their complaints: endless fees or expenses to keep their business going. 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