China plans to spend more than $180bn on boosting internet speeds in the next three years — while it simultaneously pursues a policy of purging Chinese cyber space of “western hostile forces” and any hint of political dissent.
The State Council, China’s cabinet, said the government would spend more than Rmb430bn ($70bn) in 2015 on improving the country’s online network and at least another Rmb700bn over the following two years.
Money will be poured into developing the high-speed 4G mobile and fibre optic broadband network to improve internet speeds that are slower than in many developing countries, including Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan.
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