A senior Chinese official has called for international
cooperation in the country's campaign against online
pornography.
"Since the beginning of the crackdown in April, 62 percent of
the websites the public has reported to contain obscene materials
are overseas Chinese sites, and most of the pornographic movies and
images are from outside the border," Cai Mingzhao, deputy director
of the State Council's Information Office, told Xinhua on
Wednesday.
"Thus, one country's effort is not enough in cracking down on
online pornography. It requires the joint efforts of the
international community."
Some website owners engage in online pornography simply to make
money, Cai noted, but a considerable number deliberately do this
"to flood China with pornography".
In cooperation with other government departments, the
Information Office has deleted more than 7,000 sexually explicit
pictures, 1,300 audio and video clips and 14,000 messages from the
Internet since April, according to Cai.
(Xinhua News Agency June 7, 2007)