China Tightening Control of Online Games

December 12, 2006 China Tightening Control of Online Games (AP)

Chinese youth use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing in this June 18, 2005 file photo. China is tightening controls on its booming online game industry, requiring distributors to closely monitor game contents after some were found that included forbidden religious or political material, a state news agency said Tuesday Dec. 12, 2006. (AP Photo/Greg Baker/File)

(AP) -- China is tightening controls on its booming online game industry, requiring distributors to closely monitor game contents after some were found that included forbidden religious or political material, a state news agency said Tuesday.

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