Since 2011, China has been repeatedly given "negative evaluations" over its Internet regulation by some western countries and non-governmental organizations. In a time, criticism and smearing of China prevail on the Western media.
China will never forego its rights on regulating Internet
However, under no circumstances would the Chinese government forego its rights on regulating Internet, as the cyberspace is filled with threats.
China has all rights to decide its way of regulating Internet based on its actual conditions and its cultural and historical traditions, and in line with rule of law and the common practice of countries.
The Chinese society has been significantly pushed forward and most Chinese people have enjoyed the benefits after connecting with the Internet, however, this is against the wills of some western politicians and organizations.
Cyberspace, for them, is a space where they could try to overthrow, infiltrate and disintegrate China.
According to statistics, there are altogether two thousand oversea websites built specifically against China, with three hundred of them built by the cult group Falun Gong and two hundred by the "Tibetan independence".
A series of illegal gatherings and terrorist violent attacks were incited by these websites, tremulously aggravating the anti-terrorism situation in China's Tibet and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions.
With the development of social network, oversea hostile forces have shifted their base to Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites and continue to support these illegal gatherings and terrorist violent attacks.
Without effective regulations over these illegal online activities, the national security, the stability of society as well as the life and property safety of the Chinese nationals would be severely threatened. Any responsible government won't tolerate such things.
Internet regulation in western countries
In 2010, the British Financial Times disclosed that over 40 countries worldwide, quoting the OpenNet Initiative, had set up online barriers of a kind. Even countries which didn't use digital methods to monitor the Internet were gradually enhancing surveillance over the Internet. In fact, quite a number of western countries which pretend to hold a negative attitude towards "Internet censorship" have laid hands on the Internet.
Among them, Germany acted relatively faster in passing laws and regulations on freedom of information transmitted online. In October 2008, the Australian government initiated a national program on Internet security to block websites conveying information. Not as imagined, the American government tightly controls the Internet.
In September 2011, the White House shielded Twitter as the Occupy Wall Street Movement went fast. Again in this January, the American government pressed giant Internet companies in the Silicon Valley about online propaganda of IS and other terror organizations, after which 125,000 Twitter accounts were shut down.
It is clear that, though always blaming others in the name of "Internet freedom", some western countries led by the United States will act without hesitation when any cyber threats come.
Cyberspace is not a space beyond the rule of law. No country will allow criminal activities with the use of cyberspace.
Hence, it is hoped that some western countries will not adopt double standards in Internet regulation, nor look at China through colored glasses. After all, cyber threats are common enemies of human beings and all countries should join hands in dealing with the threats.
