VOA双语新闻 China Shuts More Than 12,000 Internet Cafes（在线收听）

Chinese officials on Monday said they shut down 12,575 Internet cafes between October and December of last year, as part of what the government calls a campaign to protect children from violent games and pornography. Officials said most of the locations closed down were located near schools.

中国官员们周一表示他们在去年10月到12月间关闭了12575家网吧，这一行动是政府呼吁保护儿童远离暴力游戏和色情的一部分。官员们说主要关闭的是在学校附近地区的网吧。

The crackdown came after the country's Ministry of Culture last year ordered local governments across China not to approve any new internet cafes within 200 meters of school campuses.

这次关闭行动是既国家文化部去年命令全国当地政府不要批准在校园周围200米内建立任何新的网吧。

Official figures show that more than 87-million Chinese are online, the second-largest number of Internet users after the United States.

官方统计显示中国已有8千7百万的网民，是紧次于美国的第二大网民人数。