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Delegate suggests closing internet cafes - then has website hacked

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Hackers brought down a CPPCC delegate's company website yesterday after she proposed shutting down all internet cafes on the mainland.

Critics described the proposal as the 'wackiest' in the history of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Yan Qi , president of Sichuan hotpot restaurant chain Taoranju, was quoted by the Chongqing Morning Post on Tuesday as saying that she would make a proposal during the CPPCC's annual meeting calling for all internet bars and cafes to be shut down.

She said that if such business were allowed to open in the future, they should be owned and run by the government, rather than profit-seeking businesses.

Her proposal immediately drew criticism from internet cafe owners, internet users and the mainland media. Critics said it was too extreme.

Taoranju's official website was hacked several times yesterday.

One hacker, known as Cigarette Butt Brother, posted a popular line from director Zhang Yimou's latest movie, A Simple Noodle Story, on the company's homepage, poking fun at Yan for being delusional and self-important: 'Don't be obsessed with me. I am just a legend.'

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