27/02/2007
 
The runup to March's dual government extravaganzas, the meeting of the full National People's Congress and the (take a breath) national committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress, is always a good time for campaigns to rectify this or that. The government likes a tidy ship --or at least the appearance of a tidy ship-- while the big show is on. The Internet, which is apparently completely devoted to the undermining of correct socialist values, is a common target of these campaigns. This year's votes are in on China's latest effort to sanitize the uruly Internet. The lucky recipient of this month's crackdown will be Internet gambling.