Spencer Global: The Butterfly Effect Part II: Inside the Chinese Firewall

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 9, 2006

[ Thanks to Charles Spencer for this
link. ]

“This is the second part of my series on the Internet in China.
I recently returned from a year teaching at a Chinese University.
During my time in China, I had the pleasure of getting to know the
state of the Internet in China, both directly and indirectly,
through my own use of the Internet and the classes. In my last
article, The Butterfly Effect: Microsoft, Security, and the
Developing World, I dealt with the effect of pirated software and
security and its impact on development. In this article, I would
like to cover my experience of the Chinese Firewall from the inside
and the way we contribute to censorship in China…”


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Related Story:
Spencer
Global: The Butterfly Effect: Microsoft, Security, and the
Developing World
(Oct 17, 2005)

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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