Every market should have some rules for developing in a good order. |
However, China's police authority would not sit by and be apathetic and indifferent to law-violating behaviors or content on the Internet. |
It is unfair to slam web sites' deletion of harmful content in China, which web sites in other countries like the US regularly do. |
Major U.S. companies do this and it is regarded as normal. So why should China not be entitled to do so? |
No one in China has been arrested simply because he or she said something on the Internet. |
Overall, what we have done in regulating the internet is consistent with international practice. |
Since 2000, China has enacted serial regulations and laws for Internet service providers, by which China manages its Internet market in line with international conventions. |
The foreign web companies should know about the relevant regulations and laws in China. It is their own business to restrict specific actions. |
We seek to regulate, not control, the Internet. If an American website censors or deletes harmful information posted by an Internet user, this is considered normal. But when a Chinese website does so, it is considered abnormal and criticized. I think this is not fair and is a form of double standard. |