Blog topic #6

The Great Firewall of China
The link above is an article from The Washington Times on March 31, 2011 discussing China's "Golden Shield Project." China has gone to the lengths of employing over 50,000 people and spending upwards of $800 million to set up and maintain what is essentially a filter on internet activity outside China's borders. This set up is vital for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) due to the fact that they cannot afford to let the people of their country have access to certain topics that would essentially undermine their legitimacy as a government. As President Hu Jintao put it, they want to filter out "foreign viruses and ideas." Foreign viruses and ideas? How about foreign views, opinions, and truths?