China targets Alibaba's Taobao, other e-commerce sites, in VPN crackdown

By Cate CadellBEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have issued a warning to the country's top e-commerce platforms, including Alibaba Holding Group Ltd'sTaobao.com, over the sale of illegal virtual private networks that allow users to skirt state censorship controls.Five websites have been asked to carry out immediate "self-examination and correction" to remove vendors that sell illegal virtual private networks (VPNs), according to a notice posted by the Zhejiang provincial branch of the Cybe