Beijing - China has launched a new campaign to clean up its internet, state media says, amid a fresh wave of apparent censorship by Beijing blocking more foreign media websites and shutting down domestic accounts on social media.

The joint effort was launched in May by the cyberspace administration, the information technology ministry, the public security bureau and the markets regulator and runs until the end of 2019, the official Xinhua news agency said...

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