Chinese hackers seek revenge over internet caf� closures

By Peter Foster in Beijing Published: 11:13AM GMT 04 March 2010

China is looking larger carry out of the internet that has grown fast in new years, with the nation right away estimated to have some-more than 140,000 internet caf�s Photo: EPA

Yan Qi, a distinguished business woman from the southern city of Chongqing, referred to that all in isolation internet cafs should be close down since they were tact drift for amicable problems. Hours later, she detected to her cost that, even but democracy, China"s 380-million-strong rope of internet users have manly ways of creation their voices heard.

Ms Yan, a part of of the Chinese People"s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), pronounced she had due the internet caf anathema to strengthen China"s girl from a range of amicable ills, together with truancy, video diversion obsession and pornography.

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"Many critical problems are related to internet cafs and businesspeople customarily omit their amicable responsibilities," Ms Yan was quoted as saying. "Desperate diseases contingency have extreme cures, that is to anathema them all."

Hackers responded by targeting the homepage of the Taoranju prohibited pot grill chain, deletion links and posting derisory messages.

One hacker, well known as Cigarette Butt Brother, extrinsic a line from a renouned Chinese movie "A Simple Noodle Story" to travesty Ms Yan for being self-important: "Don"t be spooky with me. I am only a legend."

Polls of internet users additionally showed insurgency to the ban, with 70 per cent of those surveyed by huanqiu.com choosing by casting votes opposite Mrs Yan"s suggestion.

"Internet cafs are not the base cause, only similar to you can"t anathema all booze since splash pushing causes trade accidents," argued one web user.

Ms Yan is one of 2,374 hand-picked members of the CPPCC, an advisory physique that provides a thin veneer of conference to China"s rubber-stamp council the National People"s Congress, but has no genuine power. Her suggestions mount no possibility of being adopted.

However, China is looking larger carry out of the internet that has grown fast in new years, with the nation right away estimated to have some-more than 140,000 internet cafs.

Despite the indignant reply to Ms Yan"s suggestions, most Chinese relatives do have concerns about the potentially damaging aspects of the internet, with a little even promulgation their young kids to special clinics to heal their internet addiction.

Last month China additionally voiced plans to tie controls on website owners, perfectionist that they make use of they divulge their genuine identities when induction sites.