China’s punishment of a VPN seller highlighted growing pressure on tools used to bypass the Great Firewall and access information beyond state censorship.

Summary

In December 2017, Wu Xiangyang, a network engineer in Guangxi, was arrested and sentenced by the Chinese authorities for selling equipment that could break the Chinese government’s notorious Great Firewall a.k.a GFW. It represented China tightening internet curb again in a more extreme way. Read more