Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml China’s authoritarian government has proven very adept at censoring the internet and other media. So what do they restrict? Learn More: China’s Censored World http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/03/opinion/sunday/chinas-censored-world.html “In February, while I finished work on a book about China, a publishing company in Shanghai asked for an early copy, in order to begin a translation.” HTG Explains: How the Great Firewall of China Works http://www.howtogeek.com/162092/htg-explains-how-the-great-firewall-of-china-works/ “The Great Firewall of China, officially known the Golden Shield project, employs a variety of tricks to censor China’s Internet and block access to various foreign websites. We’ll be looking at some of the technical tricks the firewall uses to censor China’s Internet.” Media Censorship in China http://www.cfr.org/china/media-censorship-china/p11515 “The Chinese government has long kept tight reins on both traditional and new media to avoid potential subversion of its authority.” A giant cage http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21574628-internet-was-expected-help-democratise-china-instead-it-has-enabled “Thirteen years ago Bill Clinton, then America’s president, said that trying to control the internet in China would be like trying to ‘nail Jell-O to the wall’.” Watch More: How Free is Our Press? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb1flD_a8Vk Know Your Rights: What Isn’t Free Speech? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZZlidmJwbQ Subscribe to TestTube Daily! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml _________________________ TestTube's new daily show is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: http://testtube.com/testtubedailyshow/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter https://twitter.com/TestTube Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! http://testu.be/1ndmmMq Special thanks to Julia Wilde for hosting TestTube! Check Julia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Julia_SCI

• published: 31 Mar 2015
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