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...owing many sites to be viewed. In this article the author states that “While Chinese officials have embraced the Net as a tool for building economic competitiveness and technology capabilities, they don’t want the free flow of information to threaten the Communist Party’s grip on power.” The communist party is very worried that people viewing the internet can and would one day try to overthrow the government. People are putting information out on the internet that the government doesn’t want the Chinese people to see, like sites exposing secrets of the government. The government closed thousands of internet cafes after a fire at a Beijing café killed 25 people. They said these internet cafes were firetraps. Many American companies have been banned in China due to the government’s tight regulations on internet sites. The American company Google had millions of users, before it was banned by the government. The author states that, “Google executives have held discussions with Chinese officials but haven’t yet reestablished service.” CEO James Barnett of AltaVista had this to say, “Censorship is not consistent with our vision for free global access to information and he won’t start screening his site’s content to suit the needs of the Chinese government.” Not only are these top search engines banned, but so are many top Americ...