{"id":20889,"date":"2008-06-20T04:45:49","date_gmt":"2008-06-20T11:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=20889"},"modified":"2008-06-20T04:45:49","modified_gmt":"2008-06-20T11:45:49","slug":"breaking-down-the-great-firewall-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/06\/breaking-down-the-great-firewall-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Down the &#8216;Great Firewall of China&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,368985,00.html\">Fox News<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As Beijing readies itself for the Olympic Games in August, Chinese dissidents living in the U.S. have launched an attack on the country&#8217;s so-called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_censorship_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China\">Great Firewall<\/a>,&#8221; which prohibits its citizens from having full access to the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Much like China&#8217;s state-controlled newspapers, radio and television, the Communist Party maintains a tight grip on the Internet, often blocking access to Web sites critical of the government.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese dissident <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cecc.gov\/pages\/roundtables\/110402\/xiaStatement.php\">Bill Xia<\/a> is among a group of U.S.-based computer hackers \u2014 or &#8220;hacktivists&#8221; \u2014 who send mass e-mails to Internet users in China that contain software or links to safe Web sites that enable readers to bypass government roadblocks on the Internet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read also <a href=\"http:\/\/onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com\/2008\/06\/18\/hacking-the-great-firewall-of-china\/\">Hacking the \u201cGreat Firewall of China\u201d<\/a> by Jonathan Serrie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fox News: As Beijing readies itself for the Olympic Games in August, Chinese dissidents living in the U.S. have launched an attack on the country&#8217;s so-called &#8220;Great Firewall,&#8221; which prohibits its citizens from having full access to the Internet. 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