Questions and Answers
What has the Chinese government initiated in response to online censorship?
A ban on VPNs
How have citizens reacted to the zero-Covid policy?
They have been using VPNs to access banned news and social media apps
What are Chinese authorities concerned about?
Growing interest in circumventing the Great Firewall
Study Notes
- The Chinese government has initiated the highest emergency response level of censorship, including a crackdown on VPNs and other methods of bypassing online censorship.
- The protests against the zero-Covid policy have been strictly censored, but citizens have used VPNs to access non-Chinese news and social media apps that are banned in China.
- The directives issued to online Chinese platforms reveal authorities' specific concerns about the growing interest among citizens in circumventing China's so-called "Great Firewall".
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