Chinese government backtracks on its earlier stand on blog registration

Chinese government had last year announced plans to control the blogging community in the country with laws to register blogs with the real names of the bloggers. But the Chinese government is backing off from its plans to have a hold on the country's bloggers.

China is said to have an estimated 20 million bloggers and the announcement that the government is trying to prevent information leaked by the bloggers, had attracted protests from all parts of the world.

When it comes to blocking information on the net, this is nothing new for the government which blocks websites that disagree with it.

The new code dictated by the Chinese government was meant to register blogs with the real names of people, and their personal details and in return, the government promised them better services.

Blogs have made inroads in to the Chinese internet-using community, as people find often find it a more reliable and accurate method of information. Bloggers in China have acquired the status of film stars and musicians.

Blogs are largely popular because users are able to get information that they do not get through mainstream media. Earlier, the chinese government had insisted that registering blogs with real names and personal details, will protect net users from libel and pornography.

Either way, the Govenment's plan to abandon the forced registration of blogs with real names of users, comes as sweet music to the millions of bloggers in China.