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China has closed down 1250 websites in its latest crackdown on online pornography but still faces an uphill task in regulating the unwieldy internet for vulgar content, an official said yesterday.
Liu Zhengrong, deputy director of the Cabinet's internet Affairs Bureau, said authorities have also arrested 41 people in the month-long campaign.
The moves are part of a continuing Government campaign against using the internet to access pornography, which is banned in China.
China's population of internet users is expanding at explosive rates and has risen to 298 million after passing the United States last year to become the world's largest.
On average, there are 240,000 new Chinese users and 3000 new sites daily, Liu said.
