[liberationtech] VPN now illegal in China

[liberationtech at lewman.us]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:40:37 +0800
"Eric S Johnson" <crates at oneotaslopes.org> wrote:

>                Does anyone have any evidence that "the Chinese are
> exporting the [hardware or software behind the] GFW" (beyond hearsay,
> supposition, unfounded allegations, etc.)? (I'm not talking about the
> reports of planned re-export of US communications equipment to IR.) 

Some more suggestive data about this topic:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/10/zte-iran-aryacell-idUSL3E8FA4MS20120410

There have been some reports of ZTE selling directly to Sudan (and now
South Sudan) for their new whitelist-based Internet access controls.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=zte+in+sudan

However, there hasn't been verifiable evidence via invoices and
contracts yet. If these exist, they're going to be closely guarded and
not easily leaked to the world.

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Andrew
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