Getting around the Great Firewall of China

Opinion
Jul 5, 20061 min

A group of researchers at the University of Cambridge claims to have found a way to circumvent China’s Internet content controls, but some doubt whether their findings really offer a breakthrough. Their paper, titled “Ignoring the Great Firewall of China,” offers an insight into the workings of China’s complex filtering system, which Chinese officials rarely discuss in public.

Bob Brown, bbrown@nww.com