Interesting opinion piece by Philip Shiskin for Bloomberg. Shiskin writes on his experiences with the internet blocking efforts of the Chinese government during a recent trip. Saying that “neither the sun nor the Web is fully gone, merely crippled,” Shiskin described the censored version of the Chinese web and noted that the government has begun cracking down on VPNs which allow users to get around the Great Firewall. Apparently VPN providers need to now register with the government . . . which practically defeats the purpose of a VPN.
Did you know that Fang Binxing, the “founding father of the Great Firewall,” was nailed with a shoe after a student threw it at him?
He ain’t no George W., that’s for sure (via Wikimedia).
Shiskin goes into more depth on blocked sites and China’s rationale for blocking, check out the rest of his Bloomberg article here.
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