China Web controversy highlights public role

Beijing's retreat on its latest Internet-censorship effort highlights the rise of China 's increasingly tech-savvy, vocal public as a factor in the authoritarian government's decisions. China gave in late Tuesday to complaints by Web users , manufacturers and foreign governments and postponed a plan to require producers to supply a government-endorsed filtering software known as " Green Dam " with every personal computer sold in China. "We think this is a result of the efforts of all the p

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