Post #6 - The Great Firewall

One of the most prevalent demonstrations of the remnants of communism in China is the 'Great Firewall.' The 'Great Firewall' refers to Chinese government control of what is available to its citizens on the internet. Most recently, another business-type social network was banned for a short while as discussions about democracy took place on the site.
In the following article, another internet site is reported to have been banned by Chinese officials.

To go to the article, click here.

Boxun.com, a United States-based Chinese-written website was accused by government officials to have also encouraged a democratic revolution in China. The message for this revolution was welcomed by close to a dozen Chinese cities and had spurred small protests in few locations. Police arrested 5 political activists for the 'subversion of state power.'
The article concludes with a few more statistics on how the nation is more active lately in the prevention of these types of uprisings and political discussions.