China Steps Up Web Monitoring, Driving Many Wi-Fi Users Away

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    26 July 2011

    New regulations that require bars, restaurants, hotels and bookstores to install costly Web monitoring software are prompting many businesses to cut Internet access and sending a chill through the capital’s game-playing, Web-grazing literati who have come to expect free Wi-Fi with their lattes and green tea.