“Great Chinese LAN”的版本间的差异
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大中华局域网 (Dà Zhōnghuá Júyùwǎng): Great Chinese LAN | 大中华局域网 (Dà Zhōnghuá Júyùwǎng): Great Chinese LAN | ||
| − | + | [[File:computerscope.jpg|250px|thumb|left]]A local area network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small physical area, like a home, office, or small groups of buildings. The “Great Chinese LAN” sarcastically refers to the Internet as it exists in China. | |
| − | + | Over the years, as it became apparent that the Internet was a space in which people could freely exchange ideas, the Chinese government asked several software companies, including Nortel, Cisco, and Sun Microsystems, to build a virtual “wall.” The result was the Golden Shield Project, known to most Chinese netizens as the [[Great Firewall of China]]. | |
| − | In addition to censoring | + | In addition to censoring content deemed sensitive, the Great Firewall blocks entire websites, including [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/03/youtube-blocked-in-china-official-says-video-fake/ YouTube], [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/06/chinese-censors-cut-off-twitter-hotmail-and-flickr/ Twitter], and [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/08/the-battle-to-scale-the-great-firewall-of-china/ Facebook], that have been or could be used by activists and dissidents to connect, spread information, and organize protests. |
| − | As a result, Chinese-based companies such as [http://www.youku.com Youku], [http://www.weibo.com Sina Weibo], and [http://www.renren.com RenRen] have grown in the space left by those blocked websites, providing similar services, but with harsher censorship measures and surveillance. The landscape of the Chinese | + | As a result, Chinese-based companies such as [http://www.youku.com Youku], [http://www.weibo.com Sina Weibo], and [http://www.renren.com RenRen] have grown in the space left by those blocked websites, providing similar services, but with harsher censorship measures and surveillance. The landscape of the Chinese Internet has therefore become much like a LAN, with China’s netizens restricted for the most part to China-based, government-regulated websites and barred from many international platforms. |
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2013年4月3日 (三) 18:48的版本
大中华局域网 (Dà Zhōnghuá Júyùwǎng): Great Chinese LAN
A local area network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small physical area, like a home, office, or small groups of buildings. The “Great Chinese LAN” sarcastically refers to the Internet as it exists in China.
Over the years, as it became apparent that the Internet was a space in which people could freely exchange ideas, the Chinese government asked several software companies, including Nortel, Cisco, and Sun Microsystems, to build a virtual “wall.” The result was the Golden Shield Project, known to most Chinese netizens as the Great Firewall of China.
In addition to censoring content deemed sensitive, the Great Firewall blocks entire websites, including YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, that have been or could be used by activists and dissidents to connect, spread information, and organize protests.
As a result, Chinese-based companies such as Youku, Sina Weibo, and RenRen have grown in the space left by those blocked websites, providing similar services, but with harsher censorship measures and surveillance. The landscape of the Chinese Internet has therefore become much like a LAN, with China’s netizens restricted for the most part to China-based, government-regulated websites and barred from many international platforms.
