{"id":123370,"date":"2011-08-17T23:54:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T06:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=123370"},"modified":"2011-08-17T23:54:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T06:54:55","slug":"cisco-sued-for-role-in-chinese-crackdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/08\/cisco-sued-for-role-in-chinese-crackdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco Sued for Role in Chinese Crackdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sydney Morning Herald reports a lawsuit filed in June in the US, in which technology giant Cisco is accused of complicity in China’s suppression of political dissent<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Ward, of US law firm Ward & Ward, has brought the case on behalf of Du Daobin, Zhou Yuanzhi, Liu Xianbin and 10 unnamed others. He compared Cisco’s actions to “IBM’s behaviour in Nazi Germany”.<\/p>\n

Cisco has rejected the allegations as baseless but has failed to respond to serious questions stemming from an internal company presentation ….<\/p>\n

In a leaked internal Cisco presentation from 2002, seen by Fairfax Media, the company reveals how its products can address China’s goals of “maintaining stability”, “stop the network-related crimes” and “combat ‘Falun Gong’ evil religion and other hostiles” ….<\/p>\n

“They aren’t just selling routers to a corrupt regime. They are selling the technology, training and software specifically designed to monitor, censor and suppress the Chinese people,” said Mr Ward.<\/p>\n

“And they are doing so knowing full well how the CCP treats dissenters.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read more on CDT about recent controversy over Cisco’s dealings with China: Cisco Camera Case Seen Through Political Lens<\/a> and Cisco, HP Poised to Help China Keep an Eye on Its Citizens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Fighting China’s Golden Shield: Cisco sued over jailing and torture of dissidents<\/strong><\/a> – The Sydney Morning Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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