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China requires Internet users to register names

By Joe McDonald
Published December 28, 2012 2:08pm ET
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China requires Internet users to register names
A man uses a computer at an internet cafe in central Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. China's new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet use and electronic publishing following a spate of embarrassing online reports about official abuses. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) | Alexander F. Yuan

BEIJING (AP) — China’s government tightened Internet controls Friday with approval of a law that requires users to register their names after a flood of online complaints about official abuses rattled Communist Party leaders.

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