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	<title>by Robert J. Funches &#187; International Relations</title>
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		<title>Mini &#8220;Great Firewall&#8221; For Every Chinese PC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal obtained a copy of a notice from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that indicates the government's desire to bundle a software agent (Loretta Chao, "China Squeezes PC Makers," 8 June 2009, page A1) with every personal computer sold in China which will block access to objectionable websites. According to the report, the software, called "Green Dam-Youth Escort," is developed by Jinhui Computer System Engineering Co., which has partnerships and agreements with the Chinese government, and company and government officials say that the program poses no additional risks to users and hasn't caused problems on test systems. [...]

Ignoring the political and free-speech debates surrounding this reported move (the notice has not been publicly circulated or announced by the Chinese government), there are a few inherent flaws with this attempt to block "objectionable" content. ]]></description>
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