How It Works: The Great Firewall of China

Thanks for checking out MindRX! This video explores the Great Chinese Firewall. The world is an amazing place that offers so much to explore. Join us as for your weekly dose of brain medicine as we dive into an array of interesting topics in the areas of Engineering, Science, and Technology.

Animations courtesy of Vincent de Langen

I was really expecting a North VPN sponsorship.

[SportingRedwood]

Can we talk about how July 4, 1989 produces Shrek in its results?

[freddytolar]

China has worst internet freedom


North Korea: Am I a joke to you

[MxMoMeaux]

As someone who’s lived in China for 6 years. It is pretty common to have a VPN. Though not everyone cares to have one. Every time the government cracks down a few days later VPN services find ways around it and update their services.

[matthewmartin]

Used to live in China due to my parents jobs being there. Had to deal with this ALL the time. VPN's were our life saver. They would work for a while then China would get around the vpn so we would use another one. Did that whole dance for a few years.

[ethanng]

Chinese government:I’m afraid of no one, but that show
Whinie the Pooh
It scares me

[vodkainglassofstalinium]

**This comment has been deleted by the Chinese Ministry of State Security**

[Ok-imey]

Then: the great wall of china
Now: the great firewall of china

[hardiksingh]

I'm surprised that there was no VPN sponsor at the end of the video!

[joon]

I live in China, and I have total access to everything on the internet because I use a VPN. VPNs are very common here and easy to get, and there are stores that even advertise VPN sales in their windows. I even have a VPN wifi router so I can access google or youtube like anyone else. In short, the internet freedom issue here is almost nonexistent for anyone willing to pay 5 dollars.

[maddoxlisk]

The firewall is basically just EA Sports?

[minnalunar]

I searched up "六四事件" "june 4th incident" on that website and it just showed me a bunch of pictures of guns

[scriptly]

I am a 13 year old who spent the first 10 years of my life living in Shanghai. Accessing the internet was a pain. In fact, I didn't even know what google was until I was 9 years old, when I first came to Los Angeles. I went to a somewhat international school. During school science projects, we were forced to use bing china to do our research instead of google. I remember one of my classmates had a VPN installed on his iPad. One day, he was taken to the principals office after our teacher discovered that he had been using google. He was forced to uninstall his VPN for "safety" reasons.

[arlesluna]

Also you should talk about chinese social credit system, it's like 1984 but real

[ki-adimundi]

I already knew a lot of this stuff, but damn you did an amazing job on explaining thr topic!

[danip]

Moral: Let's appreciate the internet we have and where we live. It does not matter if it is slow, it is better that they are always spying on you.

[stephenmp]

If I ever visit china, Im wearing a Pooh shirt.

[mrskoous]

When I went back, I missed YouTube so much.

[jackchow]

Big fan of your channel from China. Please keep more of these coming!

[aquilazyy]

Some people in China have been blocked for so long that they are losing their ability to see and learn new ideas around the world. They are not willing to rationally think about new ideas that criticize China or its policies. I assume many people, even if they managed to get to see your video, probably are reluctant to watch it. It’s not the great firewall that is blocking them but their own loss of critical thinking. As an oversea Chinese, I’m more than sad to see this happening.