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Re:The Great Cannon has been deployed again by jacquesm on Friday December 06, 2019 @11:53AM (#21723584)
No they don't. They want to use it as a weapon against targets of their choosing and co-opt the rest of the net in doing so. The economic importance of the internet to China can not be overstated.
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Re:The Great Cannon has been deployed again by logfromblammo on Friday December 06, 2019 @02:23PM (#21725106)
They want a semipermeable membrane that money can cross, but uncontrolled information can't.
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Re:The Great Cannon has been deployed again by TurkishPoptart on Friday December 06, 2019 @01:10PM (#21724446)
I think what parent is saying is that (unrelated to TFA) China wants a separate information sphere, where only party-approved sites and services are available to their citizens. They have largely accomplished this.
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