The Chinese government has suddenly shut down dozens of blogs in its newest effort to control the rising surge of social networking, as per the Associated Press.

The assault, which really surfaced Wednesday, has overstated jointly blogs and shorter micro blogs, which have become an accepted method to widen the word and rally support regarding responsive issues there. The shift has escort to lots of blogs vanishing from Sohu, home to popular microblogs by outspoken writers and lawyers, said the AP, quoting several bloggers whose posts had been shut down.

A lawyer known as Pu Zhiqiang told AP that he had been typing a new post when he unexpectedly exposed that his blog couldn't open. A legal specialist known as Xu Zhiyong as well reported that his blog was shut. A new blogger Yao Yuan said that he knew of as a minimum 61 blogs on Sohu that are currently blocked, as per the AP.

Other Chinese blogs influence by the shutdown contains those hosted at Netease, Tencent, and Sina. The AP may not reach Chinese government officials for remark, and a few the corporations hosting blogs sites weren't talking moreover. But, a Netease delegate did declare that its micro blog site was losing as a consequence of preservation to upgrade sure features, as per the China Daily.