CHIN 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Sina Weibo, Sina Corp, Daily Active Users
Week 9, Thursday !
Liz Carter Guest Lecture, Weibo in China!
•2006 10% of internet in China!
•2016 more than 50% of internet Access!
•2006-2016 internet penetration in China is still below US, but the number of internet
user is the larger in the world!
•Method of censorship!
•clocking websites!
•deleting content, banning users jailing uses, cracking down on VPNs!
•banning search terms!
•shut down Internet!
•e.g. Xinjiang — internet was shut down for a period because there
was a raise of rightist movement!
•Stages oF censorship!
•rough, law in late 90s!
•refined in 2000s, investment in infrastructure (make weibo to hire people to
regulate)!
•commercialized - 2010s!
•Golden Shield Project is used for internet control !
•Golden Shield Project also named National Public Security Work
Informational Project (Chinese: 全国公安作信息化程), is the Chinese
nationwide network-security fundamental constructional project by the e-
government of the People's Republic of China. This project includes security
management information system (治安管信息系统), criminal information
system (刑事案件信息系统), exit and entry administration information system
(出入境管信息系统), supervisor information system (监管员信息系统) and
traffic management information system (交通管信息系统), etc!
•golden Shield project — term used interchangeably with great firewall project, the
anaconda in the chandelier, a giant cage, a pressure valve system !
•Censorship in WeChat!
•realname registration!
•closed network!
•account blocking!
•content screening!
