Over 10,000 Arrested in Crackdown on ‘Internet Crime’

More than 10,000 were arrested in the Chinese Communist Party’s latest efforts to reduce alleged Internet crimes, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Public Security on July 25.

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Over 10,000 Arrested in Crackdown on ‘Internet Crime’ — Chinese netizens use a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing in 2009. Chinese netizens speculated that the crackdown may be a silencing tactic ahead of the 18th National People’s Congress to be held later this year. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

By Annie Wu

7/26/2012Updated: 10/8/2018

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Chinese netizens use a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing in 2009. China's largest microblog Sina Weibo plans to implement more stringent Internet controls to stamp out

Annie Wu

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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.