Analysis of Internet Censorship in mainland China (the Great Firewall)
Huang, Yuanyuan (2019)
2019
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This study aims to discover the reasons behind China’s Internet censorship, Internet situation in China and the Internet outside of China; Explore situations of foreign companies and Chinese companies doing business in China; How does this Internet situation impact on doing businesses.
This thesis is written deductively using both qualitative and quantitative methods as approaches, though mostly qualitative method.
This study is done theoretically by collecting literature reviews, comprising of book-based sources and digital materials. In the theoretical part of this study, the following areas will be covered: what the Great Firewall is, why does China censor its Internet, how Chinese and foreign companies run businesses in China and what inconveniences both companies face under this Internet censorship.
The results of this study indicate that reasons behind China’s Internet censorship are complicated and sensitive, and that Chinese government should at least take it serious on figuring a better way for its people and enterprises to do business with the world under this Internet traffic.
This thesis is written deductively using both qualitative and quantitative methods as approaches, though mostly qualitative method.
This study is done theoretically by collecting literature reviews, comprising of book-based sources and digital materials. In the theoretical part of this study, the following areas will be covered: what the Great Firewall is, why does China censor its Internet, how Chinese and foreign companies run businesses in China and what inconveniences both companies face under this Internet censorship.
The results of this study indicate that reasons behind China’s Internet censorship are complicated and sensitive, and that Chinese government should at least take it serious on figuring a better way for its people and enterprises to do business with the world under this Internet traffic.