China is tightening controls on its booming online game industry, requiring distributors to closely monitor game contents after some were found that included forbidden religious or political material, a state news agency said Tuesday. The announcement adds to government efforts to tighten controls over Chinese newspapers, television and other media.

Distributors must obtain approval to release new games and submit monthly monitoring reports confirming that operators haven't added forbidden content, the Xinhua News Agency said. It cited a notice by the Press and Publication Administration. China has 23 million online game players, up from 13.8 million in 2003, according to Xinhua. It said revenues this year are expected to reach 7 billion yuan ($850 million).

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Emeralddragon (Registered) 2006-12-12 14:12:38 Someone needs to take them chinese and slap them about a bit until they see sense. Censorship never works so they should cut it out and get smart. Censoring speech is never the way. Speech is the only real response ya can give to speech of any kind. So if someone says or shows something offensive you simply say or show something from the opposing viewpoint. Reply | Quote

actz (Super Administrator) 2006-12-12 15:04:27 It doesn't surprise me but its insane how much control the have over the people. I remember when I was crossing the boarder into China I had some guards search my bags and go through all my books. Almost confiscated Lord of the rings.. hehehe Reply | Quote

jamie (Super Administrator) 2006-12-12 15:08:22 Yeah but that was because you look so dodgy and they probably thought you were using Lord of the Rings to smuggle drugs. Nothing to do with control. Reply | Quote

psYchotic (Publisher) 2006-12-12 22:19:00 Censorship is never the answer indeed. All it does is create underground communities. I mean, they kinda censor porn too, right? And I see upskirts on the net all the time, and it's always from china. Reply | Quote

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