Have you ever looked at something, maybe paint drying or an episode of 'According to Jim', and thought to yourself: "There is no way that could be any less entertaining than it is right now"? Turns out the Chinese government thinks they've found a way. Chinese President Hu Jintao has launched a campaign to change the already over-restricted internet in China into a glorified Communist Party advertisement. The internet is huge in China, and growing faster by the year. In 2006, internet users rose by 26 million, to 137 million or so. Kind of a big market. And companies like Google and Yahoo are doing there best to break into it, even if it involves censoring themselves to appease the government.

This campaign comes on the heels of another announcement by the government, citing the internet as the main culprit for youth crime in the country. The youth are to blame again this time, as the President feels that the kids are being undereducated in the ways of Marxism, and that the internet is a great place to fix that. So basically, before too long the only thing you'll be able to access on the internet from China is Marxism and pro-socialist literature. Strange, suddenly 'According to Jim' doesn't seem that bad...