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Number of Chinese websites plummets due to internet controls

China had 1.91 million websites at the end of 2010, a drop of 41 percent.

China's internet users top 500 million

Almost 40 percent of population now has internet.

China to tighten social media censorship

New regulations show the Communist Party's concern about microblogs.

China arrests more than 10,000 for internet 'crimes'

China looks to shore up its Great Firewall.

Journalists from Chinese websites work on computers during a press conference of the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress in Beijing on March 4, 2010. China is home to the world's largest web population, with 384 million people online. The country has more than 81,000 Internet cafes with 4.7 million computers.

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