CHINA COMES DOWN HEAVILY ON 18,489 ILLEGAL WEBSITES IN PRECEDING YEAR

• Some of the websites were shut down for they were manifesting online games or dating information under cover of online courses.
• China, which has an iron hand on the country's internet access, closed down18,489 "illegal" websites last year and gave out warning instructions  to 4,551 online platforms, according to the official media.

Some of the websites were clamped down for promoting onli....