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The Chinese government is to introduce a mandatory real-name policy to the country’s microblog services, according to a report from iStockChina which cites an announcement from China’s official broadcaster, CCTV. The real-name policy is one of 16 regulations for the country’s Twitter alternatives, which include Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo , and it is a move that the government has been rumoured to be pursuing for some while. Beijing is looking to increase accountability online, having recently agreed a set of new content principles with leading Chinese Internet firms. http://thenextweb.com/asia/2011/12/16/china-cracks-down-on-microblogs-now-all-users-must-verify-their-identity/

Beijing Cracks Down on Microbloggers

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/15/china-to-bus-citizens-away-from-fukushima-nuke-plant/ <img src="http://timenewsfeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/chinese-embassy-japan.png?w=455&#038;h=170&#038;crop=1" alt="Chinese Embassy Japan" title="Chinese Embassy Japan"/> Beijing will send buses to pick up citizens living in areas hardest hit by the tsunami: Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki and Iwate prefectures, they announced Tuesday.

China to Bus Citizens Away from Fukushima Nuke Plant