Chinese Bloggers Encouraged to Register Contact Info

Raver32 writes "Blog service providers in China are "encouraged" to register users with their real names and contact information, according to a new government document that tones down an earlier proposal banning anonymous online blogging. At least 10 major Chinese blog service providers have agreed to sign the "self-discipline pledge" issued by the Internet Society of China, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported."

Re:Does anyone know

[Anonymous Coward]

I hear it's known to a lot. They're a large part of the global economy. It's just that nobody wants to talk about it. You'd get in trouble. You never know which friend would turn you in to look like a better citizen. It's just easier to ignore it and live on.

This is true. I am close friends with 2 Chinese guys at my university and both of them are trying desperately to take as long as possible for their education so that they can get permanent resident status in Canada and not have to go back to China.

Don't get me wrong, they love their country, but it's not the kind of place they want to raise a family in at its current state.

Re:Does anyone know

[Anonymous Coward]

I hear it's known to a lot. They're a large part of the global economy. It's just that nobody wants to talk about it. You'd get in trouble.

It's visible in interviews of chinese tourists as well. When a clueless journalists asks them if they support decision X in China, the chinese person always bursts out in nervous laughter, avoiding the question completely.
They know it, and they do not talk about it, because what nobody talks about they can't be shot for.

It's a pressure boiler and history tells us it's going to burst ... it will happend like in Soviet Union or Germany or even like when the US freed itself of the queen.