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China shuts down 1287 sites?

Many similar reports actually from one source, "China has shut down 1287 websites which spread "harmful information" on religious cults, superstition and pornography, a government internet watchdog said".

Yes, don't be skeptical about the number and the truth of the event itself. But it's not an important news at all. You know, the first thing is the definition of "websites". You can say "www.abc.com" a web site, "xyz.abc.com" also can be seen as a web site, even "www.abc.com/xyz" a website in broader definition. So even there are hundreds of "websites" up and down in China. Don't be cheated by the number game, too. It's a much minority part of all web sites in China now. The .cn domain names has reached 400k, not including many .com names registerred by Chinese. People now easily set up their web site even in one night with virtual hosting technologies. It means we can imagine how fast the 1287 web site resurvive.

Finally, don't be cheated by the title of the news too. It's not a censorship, it's a demonstrative action by government to show it's care to people's health. Please move your eyeball from it to other more meaningful news.