The Great Firewall

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2006/tc20060112_434051.htm

        The article "The Great Firewall of China," consists of three main points, that talk about China's Great Firewall.  First it talks about how Western Internet systems like Google, and Yahoo have to respect the laws if they want to do business in China.  MSN another high profile site, was forced by the Chinese government to shut down a blogging site, in December.  The second point the article goes into is: how the Chinese monitor all of these sites.  Beijing has a lot of technology to keep watch over the internet, what is coming in, and going out.  The agencies that are assigned to watch over this employ more than 30,000 people.  That is 14,000 more than the CIA employs.  The rules get even tougher for companies who have their sites on servers in China.  They have to sign an agreement which says they will not spread superstition, or obscenity, in a way that would disrupt social stability.  The third point of the article talks about how the Chinese give no internet freedom.  All internet traffic that is leaving or coming into China, must be first checked by the government.  If you try a Google search for the "The T's" which are Tibet, Taiwan, and Tienanmen Massacre, ninety to one-hundred percent of the sites are blocked.