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The golden shield project

The golden shield project
  1. What does the Golden Shield Project do?
  2. When was the Golden Shield Project?
  3. Is Tor blocked in China?
  4. Is Hong Kong behind the Great Firewall?

What does the Golden Shield Project do?

The GFW is a national gateway for filtering foreign websites, whereas the Golden Shield Project is for monitoring the domestic internet.

When was the Golden Shield Project?

The Golden Shield Project often referred to as the Great Firewall of China is a censorship and surveillance project operated by a division of the China Government. It is the China Governments firewall that began operations in November 2003.

Is Tor blocked in China?

Tor, a popular open source software that provides users anonymity and makes it more difficult to trace their internet activity, is blocked by China's Great Firewall. People inside the country often attempt to access the software by downloading it from third-party websites.

Is Hong Kong behind the Great Firewall?

As mentioned in the "one country, two systems" principle, China's special administrative regions (SARs) such as Hong Kong and Macau are not affected by the firewall, as SARs have their own governmental and legal systems and therefore enjoy a higher degree of autonomy.

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