The Great Firewall of China is arguably the country's most powerful security and censorship tool. I recall my first time behind the wall in Shanghai Pudong Airport. I managed to find a Wi-Fi connection at a Starbucks and tried to get to my email. I had been in a plane for the past 13 hours and wanted to check in.

Nothing. Nada. Oof. I spent the rest of the day typing journal entries in Microsoft Word.

The Firewall has been massively impactful on the Chinese economy. In blocking Western (namely, American) internet companies from the country, China has been able to create a unique internet culture of its own and control the flow of information to its people.

Because the Firewall is internet plumbing, few people know how it works and just how sophisticated it actually is. They just see their email not working. In this video, we are going to look at what the wall is, how it works, its effect on the Chinese people, and how people get around it.

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