From Al Jazeera:
Do get on your high horse just yet. America isn’t much better than China when it comes to prisons.
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Full interview with Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, where he talks of freedom of speech.
This week, China began demanding the real names of new users with a cell phone in an attempt to further reduce anonymity. Within three years, the real identities of all users must be registered with the government. Last month, China also required online gamers to register their real names in order to protect minors from online addictions and content deemed unhealthy by the government. This real name system affects most everything online.
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Gated villages in China have always been symbols of affluence; spaces where the rich protected themselves from criminals and other undesirables.
But now the poor in Beijing are being locked inside their neighbourhoods at night, between 11pm and dawn.
Chinese officials call the project “sealed management” and claim the measure helps reduce crime.
Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan reports from Beijing.
