Chinese Government Intensifies Control over Broadband Connections

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CHINA - Broadband users inside China have revealed that they can no longer
access overseas e-mail accounts due to the recently intensified control of
the Internet. A notification has been published by the Chinese Broadband
Control Agency forbidding users from receiving “anti-revolutionary”
information from overseas. The original system administration software has
now expired; all users now have to download the new system administrative
software which is said to be capable of not only filtering all overseas
e-mail accounts, but also of monitoring users. Currently, Yahoo China is
subject to the new controls.
[Editors’ note: Computers in China that can access the Internet, especially
public computers, are required to have special monitoring software that
allows the Chinese Communist regime to monitor a user’s activity on the
Internet.]

Extensive Information Net reported on May 2 that in China, most users of
Windows 98 could not connect via dial-up to the Internet any more due to
these strict new measures. This is because dial-up connections are able to
use proxy servers which can bypass the domestic server that is controlled by
the CCP. This is why the use of broadband connections is being promoted, and
dial-up connections are being eliminated. Broadband connections are being
strictly monitored and controlled by the government, creating the equivalent
of an Intranet.

It is reported that although broadband connections improve speed, all the
websites are filtered, thus making connecting to proxy servers extremely
difficult. Even if a successful connection to a proxy server is made, it
would be immediately terminated. In addition, websites visited through proxy
servers will be made to “disappear.”.The CCP appears to be willing to turn a
blind eye to pornographic websites, but never to those from overseas
containing “anti CCP force” materials.

It seems that the main reason the Chinese government is replacing dial-up
with broadband is to eliminate proxy servers and monitor overseas e-mail
accounts. Once connected through broadband, those who use Hotmail and Yahoo
will be subject to monitoring. Broadband connections have now been installed
in all Internet bars. It is reported that the CCP has intensified its
Internet blockage recently, further stifling the availability of information
regarding this situation inside of China. All that people are permitted to
see are the same kinds of propaganda that are reported by People’s Daily and
CCTV- the mouthpieces of the CCP.

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