BEIJING: Chinese authorities are exploring new ways of imposing controls on the Internet, experts are saying after reports said state-owned enterprises may be encouraged to take stakes in video streaming websites.
The Communist country restricts access to foreign websites including Google, Facebook and Twitter with a vast control network dubbed the Great Firewall of China, and under President Xi Jinping it has tightened its grip on broadcast, print and online media.
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