The great firewall of China : how to build and control an alternative version of the internet / Jame...
The great firewall of China : how to build and control an alternative version of the internet / Jame...
The great firewall of China : how to build and control an alternative version of the internet / James Griffiths.
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London : Zed Books, 2019.
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G 2019/1651
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 385 pages : 1 map ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Contents
Introduction: early warnings -- Part 1. Wall. Protests: solidarity from Hong Kong to Tiananmen -- Over the wall: China's first email and the rise of the online censor -- Nailing the jello: Chinese democracy and the Great Firewall -- Enemy at the gates: how fear of Falun Gong boosted the Firewall --...
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Publisher
London : Zed Books, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"Once little more than a glorified porn filter, China's 'Great firewall' has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. As the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. But the...
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The great firewall of China : how to build and control an alternative version of the internet / James Griffiths.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-373) and index.
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G 2019/1651
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74VKVBMeL6Ol
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBMeL6Ol
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9781786995353
1786995352
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302.2310951
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991024238496502626
