According to what I've read about the internet in China, it said that the internet was established in 1987, and currently there are more than two million teenagers are addicted to it. Reports showed that there were more than 110 million users of internet in China in 2005. The number of internet users are increasing, and more people are using the internet; that means the policy for internet users are very strict. The government in China was afraid that the internet would spread information that they think would be inappopriate to let the people of China read it, so they have restrictions that would banned articles that mentioned anything bad about the government . They have a system called the Great firewall of China, which blocked websites or prevented the flow of information that they think can spread the wrong ideas to the people of China. As we all know that freedom of press is prohibited in China, which means that the media, the newspapers, etc. are under the control of the government. Everything in the newspapers, internet, and media should have the permission of the government before it can be out to the public. In my own opinion, I think that if China wants their country to be better, then they should let everybody's voices be heard. The reason why I think that it's a bad thing for China to restricted freedom of press or speech is , because if the government wants to become a stronger and better country, then they should listen to what the citizens of China want or say. Of course, there are still a lot of changes that could be done to make China a better country, and by listening to what the people want and their opinions are a very useful thing for the government to makes changes.