Chinese High Command To Soldiers: No Love For You!

Extending their internet ban to logical, if farcical, extremes, China is banning soldiers from dating sites.

Officers of China's People's Liberation Army are studying how to help their troops look for love following a new regulation that bans soldiers from looking for partners over the internet, China Military Online, the PLA's online English newspaper, reported Monday.

The ban, which came into effect June 15, prevents Chinese servicemen from creating personal websites or blogging in fear that confidential information would be leaked, posing a security threat.

"It means soldiers cannot [set up] blogs on the internet [whether] he or she does it in the capacity of a soldier or not," said Wan Long, the "political commissar" of a regiment in the Guangzhou military area command, who was quoted by the PLA's newspaper.

Also off limits: Posting Craigslist-like "lonely hearts" ads, hunting for jobs or making friends online, effectively making all social networking sites out of bounds.

I mean, after all, who wouldn't want to cut of a 15+% gender-skewed population from trying to hook up...

By: Brant