China has issued new Internet regulations... appears to be an effort to create a "whitelist"

China To Require Internet Domain Name Registration

China has issued new Internet regulations, including what appears to be an
effort to create a "whitelist" of approved Web sites that could
potentially place much of the Internet off-limits to Chinese readers. The
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ordered domain management
institutions and Internet service providers to tighten control over domain
name registration, in a three-phase plan laid out on its Web site
(http://www.miit.gov.cn). [Billboard]

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