>China’s Internet censors have strengthened content screening in recent months, creating difficulties for businesses and disrupting more commonly used firewall-circumvention software called virtual private networks, which connect users to the Web through a proxy server overseas. President Xi Jinping has ordered tighter control of online content that may undermine the ruling Communist Party, with bloggers facing jail for spreading what the government says are false rumors.
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>China’s Internet censors have strengthened content screening in recent months, creating difficulties for businesses and disrupting more commonly used firewall-circumvention software called virtual private networks, which connect users to the Web through a proxy server overseas. President Xi Jinping has ordered tighter control of online content that may undermine the ruling Communist Party, with bloggers facing jail for spreading what the government says are false rumors.