China calls for tougher Internet controls

BEIJING: Chinese military scholars are calling for stronger measures to
protect the country from a US-led "Internet war."

The call, which appeared on Friday in the Communist Party-controlled China
Youth Daily newspaper, follows allegations from Google that personal Gmail
accounts of several hundred people, including senior US government
officials, were compromised by computer hackers in China.

The scholars from the Academy of Military Sciences did not mention Google's
claims, but said recent computer attacks and incidents employing the
Internet to promote regime change in Arab nations appeared to trace back to
Washington. They said China needs to erect an "Internet border" and defend
its "Internet sovereignty."