Anyone travelling to China knows that they need to employ a virtual private network (VPN) to bypass the Middle Kingdom’s Great Firewall. Applications that we use back home such as YouTube, Facebook and WhatsApp won’t work otherwise. In a bid to ins
Anyone travelling to China knows that they need to employ a virtual private network (VPN) to bypass the Middle Kingdom’s Great Firewall. Applications that we use back home such as YouTube, Facebook and WhatsApp won’t work otherwise. In a bid to insulate its citizens from “undesirable influences”, the People’s Republic of China has banned said apps alongside several others. In their stead, the Chinese use their own versions of these apps and services that, if you scratch just a little beneath the surface, also allow their government to monitor and exercise control over the population. Here’s social engineering at its finest, in a closed ecosystem with a captive audience.
Access To Information: Google Vs Baidu
Baidu is China’s version of Google. Domestically, it boasts 74.6 per cent of the nation’s online search quer