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limitles
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"Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China is conducted under a wide variety of laws and administrative regulations. In accordance with these laws, more than sixty Internet regulations have been made by the People's Republic of China (PRC) government, implemented by provincial branches of state-owned ISPs, business companies, and organizations.[1][2] The apparatus of the PRC's Internet repression is considered more extensive and more advanced than in any other country in the world. The governmental authorities not only block website content but also monitor the Internet access of individuals.
Amnesty International notes that China “has the largest recorded number of imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents in the world.” The offences of which they are accused include communicating with groups abroad, signing online petitions, and calling for reform and an end to corruption.[3] The escalation of the government's effort to neutralize critical online opinion comes after a series of large anti-Japanese, anti-pollution, anti-corruption protests, and ethnic riots, many of which were organized or publicized using instant messaging services, chat rooms, and text messages. The size of the Internet police is rumored at more than 30,000"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interne...ublic_of_China
Sir, I live in this wikipedia article you just referenced. I can tell you it's nothing like that. There are a lot of people who VPN out and the government does not care. There are a lot of people who voice opinions about the government and they do not care. They have not really added sites to the firewall in ages, and a lot of 3G internet providers are already firewall free. You can even, without VPN, go onto that exact wikipedia page and read those exact words on that wikipedia page. The reason for the continued use of the firewall is because of companies like RenRen and Weibo who have such a large share of social networking that if facebook and twitter were available in China they would tank.
Google is still accessible in China.
www.google.hk is accessible without a VPN. 25% of this country uses google and the other uses baidu. The 25% that use google have access to all of that of which is China's history that people like you are convinced that the Chinese government doesn't want their people to know.
Try coming to the place instead of reading about it. There are next to no police officers. You don't have to shutter in fear when you talk about Tibet or Tiananmen Square. The government does hire people to get people off topic of something the government feels could be bad, but there isn't anyone out there going you're under arrest we've notified the cyber police and consequences will never be the same.
In fact, I'm freer to do more stuff over here than I am in America, I'm safer in this country than in America, I get paid more to be in this country than in America, and this country is much more enjoyable than America.
The Chinese Government is not a "police state." The only time you see guns on officers here are MP's who are escorting government people or guarding a military base or if money is being transported to a bank.
The police don't care to do much of anything over here, and often times you see them patrolling traffic or sleeping because there is next to no crime at all.
China is a capitalist one party country. Not a Communist Police State.
If you left your parents basement and went out into the world maybe you'd know these things.
The truth of the matter here is there is no communism or police state. The people here are truly nationalistic and just simply believe what their government tells them. It's not a fear of their government, it's a trust of their government. This trust was not built in by fear, it was built in by nationalism.
