China Vows to Create ‘Civilized’ Internet Promoting ‘Socialist Values’


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[Skip to comments.](#comment) Posted on 09/15/2021 8:10:40 AM PDT by [Right Wing Vegan](/~rightwingvegan/) Beijing on Tuesday vowed to increase oversight of China’s already heavily censored internet as part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s efforts to craft a more “civilized” cyberspace environment based on the “guiding status of Marxism,” Xinhua reported. The CCP’s Central Committee and State Council jointly issued a statement on September 14 outlining plans to “consolidate the guiding status of Marxism in the ideological cyberspace sphere, foster a common ideology among the whole [Communist] Party and the Chinese people, and interiorize core socialist values.” “[Chinese] cyberspace will...