p2pnet.net News:- Some Chinese teenagers planning on a little online action during their summer holidays may instead find themselves receiving ‘moral ethics lessons’ or attending ‘parental meetings,’

The country is in the middle of an all-out war against ‘unlicensed’ Net cafes and plans on regular ‘patrols’ during the break, says a report in ChinaTechNews here.

Now, “the Ministry Of Culture, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, the Ministry Of Education and the Central Youth League Commission have determined to take special action during the coming summer vacation, strictly preventing teenagers from entering netcafes,” says CTN.

The MoC will check and patrol sites, “severely punishing netcafes violating the regulations,” it says. “The State Administration of Industry and Commerce will put emphasize joint action amongst urban, suburb, and rural areas and urban residential complexes, identifying illegal netcafes and prosecuting them accordingly.”

“Currently, the education departments and the Chinese Youth League at all levels are carrying out various educational programs in middle and primary schools across the country, riaisng the level of awareness amongst teenagers through class meetings, moral ethics lessons, team activities and parental meetings. In addition, they are working with schools to organize various activities to ‘enrich students’ lives during the holiday’.”

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