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China Promises Severe Control on Social Media

China promises to intensify its control over online social media and instant messaging tools, the ruling Communist Party said in an agenda-setting document, marking the government’s highest-level reaction so far to the explosive growth of microblogs.

Beijing’s swear to strengthen Internet administration, and only endorse content that is acceptable to the ruling party appeared in the communique of the latest party leadership conclave published in the official People’s Daily on Wednesday.