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The Great Firewall of China, officially known as the "Golden Shield Project," is a massive internet censorship campaign orchestrated by the Chinese government. The project began in 1998 and has since expanded to include an estimated force of over 30,000 special police officers. After riots opposing Chinese rule broke out in Lhasa in March, 2008 censorship increased on photo and video sharing sites like YouTube.
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- Official name: Golden Shield Project
- Project began in 1998
- First implementation in November, 2003
- Initial program costs estimated over $800 million
- Dedicated police force estimated 30,000 officers
- China initially promised to relax restrictions during the 2008 Olympics
- Coverage expanded after the Tibet Protests in March, 2008
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Wikipedia: Internet Censorship in China
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National Post: China to Open Hole in Great Firewall During Olympics
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Wired: China's Misguided—and Futile—Attempt to Control What Happens Online
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Yahoo! News: China Blocks YouTube over Tibet Videos
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The Atlantic: The Connection Has Been Reset (March, 2008)
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Human Rights Watch: Race to the Bottom: Corporate Complicity in Chinese Internet Censorship (2006)
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is now at Hong Kong Airport... finally out of the Great Firewall of China... (woot) http://plurk.com/p/2jtxib
@alexgavino | November 08, 2009 04:23 AM -
Great Firewall of China キタコレ? RT @red_chili: 北京なう。RDPが使えない、なじぇ？ / RT @red_chili: ポート6667も3389もふさがれてるっぽorz
@c_nyan | November 08, 2009 01:33 AM -
Hope this VPN My Private Network will work when I go "behind enemy lines" starting tomorrow. If so...SUCK IT, GREAT FIREWALL OF CHINA!!!
@ngnate | November 07, 2009 04:14 PM -
Chinese quick to scale Great Firewall of China to mark Berlin Wall's 20th http://tinyurl.com/yfosslv
@BobbiMumm | November 07, 2009 03:15 PM -
we have a minature version of "great firewall of china" here at JIET :( @amolgupta facebook no more blocked at JUIT!! #juit
@aashudwivedi | November 07, 2009 03:14 PM
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The great firewall of China.(Looking at the Law): An article from: Social Education - $9.95
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View All Great Firewall of China Questions (3754) | Ask a QuestionIs there a proxy server, not blocked in China, to circumvent the "Great Firewall" here? (3 Answers)You may want to consider "Tor" although it is really only good for browsing because throughput is fairly low. http://www.torproject.org/overview.html.en You can download an all in one client gui here: ... read moreHow the firewall works? (3 Answers)A "firewall" is just a router that's been configured to block everything by default, such that you're supposed to go in and open sockets in order for data to pass. ... read moreWhat are the tours like for the Great Wall of China? (1 Answer)There are lots of ways to experience the Great Wall, but some are better than others. The basic idea is: the further away from Beijing, the better. There are basically ... read moreWhat is the unemployment count in China? (1 Answer)Roughly 4% in urban areas accodring to Index Mundi (my second source below) and according to that site it's been constantly decreasing the past few years. TradingEconomics.com seems to back ... read more
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Great Firewall of China News
- Google News: Great Firewall of China
- Times Online: China blocks YouTube, Yahoo! over Tibet (March 17, 2008)
- University of Toronto: Students Work to Circumvent Internet Censorship (January 28, 2008)
- "Internet censorship practices differ widely across the world. For example, in China, the government publishes a combination of technical filtering and extensive regulations and guidelines."
- Ars Technica: China's Great Firewall Turns Its Attention to RSS Feeds (October 4, 2007)
- BBC News: Microsoft Censors Chinese Blogs (June 14, 2005)
- Breitbart: Google Agrees to Censor Results in China (January 24, 2005)
