The government of China has taken yet another step towards controlling the chinese citizens using the internet. A new internet police, described in english languished chinese newwspaper "The China Daily" and BBC, are to make sure that offended citizens can complain quickly and efficiently. Then police will offer a feedback in 30 minutes after they received valid calls, says Zhao Hongzhi, deputy director of the Internet department of the Beijing police bureau. Doing this, the chinese authorities will know more websites with inappropriate content such as porn or politics, and the chinese internet users will be reminded that their back are being watched carefully.

The cartoon figures will pop up every 30 minutes on web pages, starting September 1. Looking kind of cute, they are not really sending the message they should: That the chinese government are again exercising its already impressive capacity for control and oppression.