1. Internet Censorship in China By Shipeng Xu

2. What content is censored? Social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Flikr etc. Any news sources contains sensitive topics: BBC news, Yahoo news, and CNN news etc. Any website contains obscenity, pornography, or criminal activity. Any anti-government website.

3. Incidents of Internet being

4. Golden Shield Project Also known as the Great Firewall of China. Consists of standard firewalls and proxy servers at the Internet gateways. Censor anything it could.

5. Green Dam Youth Escort Required on all domestically sold computers. Monitor the user’s every move. Enforcement of the rule indefinitely delayed.

6. Google Battle

7. Western Opinion: Infringe human rights. Totally not understandable. Should be changed.

8. Chinese Opinion: Not very big deal, can always use VPN or anonymous proxy server to bypass the censor. Used to it. Provides stability. Good for national unification. Helpless.

9. Why censor the Internet? Chinese culture and customs. Large population. The fear of western culture. The fear of overturn of the central government.

10. Conclusion: o Blocking Chinese People’s full access to the Internet is ethically wrong and not understandable. o The censorship does help national unification. o Hopefully, in the near future, the government could change the policy and give the full access of the Internet back to its own people.

11. Reference: James, Randy. “China Internet Censorship.” TIME March 18, 2009. April 24, 2011.http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1885961,00.html Johnson, Bobbi. “Google's move on Chinese censorship welcomed by human rights activists.” The Guardian January 14, 2010. April 24, 2011.http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/14/google- praised-human-rights-activists Bristow, Michael. “China defends Internet censorship.” BBC NEWS June 8, 2010. April 24, 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8727647.stm “Internet Censorship in China.” The New York Times March 22, 2010. April 24, 2011..

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