Censorship
Chinese MindsetThe Chinese government and its peoples’ mindset has been shaped over history by three main foundations. These include Confucianism, The Middle Kingdom, and extraterritoriality. Confucianism has played a large role in the way the Chinese think about the rest of the world. Confucianism is not actually a real religion, most likely due to the fact that the government restricts any attempts at large organized religion.
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TechnologyChinese technology has played a key role in successful censorship that can be thoroughly explained through an overview of the role of Cisco systems, an elucidation of various methods used, and an idea of possible punishments and consequences that are obtained by any Chinese violators or activists. Internet censorship by the Chinese government is a “filtering system known officially as Golden Shield and unofficially as the Great Firewall made finding unauthorized material just difficult enough that the great majority of Chinese citizens wouldn't bother” (Fallows 4).
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AuthorityAs the world has come to notice, the Chinese government “has long tried to keep a tight rein on traditional and new media to prevent any challenges to its political authority” (Bennett 1). This has been obvious through their legislation and Tiananmen Square. China does have a constitution, therefore it would seem as if the Chinese people would have a guard between them and the government in terms of freedoms. Whether that constitution is followed is a completely different story in an entirety.
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China and the WorldChina’s Freedom House rankings have made the Chinese issue with censorship apparent to the rest of the world. Also when China is studied researchers question the future of China’s censorship because of the Freedom House, Chinese youth, and a constant and small push for political modernization in the Chinese government.
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