Thursday, 14 April 2016

Banging Your Head Against A Wall: China Shrugs at U.S. Criticism of Censorship (Lincoln Davidson, CFR)

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei asks journalists for questions during a news conference in Beijing July 7, 2011. Hong largely avoided commenting on U.S. claims that online censorship is a barrier to trade. (David Gray/Reuters)

Last week, the U.S. government claimed that the Chinese government’s Internet censorship system, colloquially known as the Great Firewall, is a barrier to trade. In its annual National Trade Estimate Report, the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) office stated that “China’s filtering of cross-border Internet traffic has posed a significant burden to foreign suppliers,” a fairly strong statement.

http://blogs.cfr.org/cyber/2016/04/13/banging-your-head-against-a-wall-china-shrugs-at-u-s-criticism-of-censorship/

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