Sharing online videos with the worldwide web? Not if your a Chinese citizen. In "China clamps down on Net video", journalist Joe Mcdonald explains that with the explosive popularity of online videos, the Chinese government is attempting (effective january 2008) to restrict online videos to new licensing rules and to implement a new web monitoring system for online browsers.
Some good news: Private operators might be able to work around this new Chinese censorship system. With the online video websites totaling revenues of over 290 million dollars, I can understand why the government might want a piece of the pie.
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