Censorship in China Censoring sensitive information is an
authoritarian regime's best guarantee to prevent instability and
challenges to its control over the population. China's
censorship of information is enforced on all media and means of
communication since the Communist Party takeover in 1949. Any
information that might provoke public backlash is censored.
China's Internet censorship is the most extensive and
sophisticated in the world, with tens of thousands of "internet
policemen" examining communications and content in real time and
thousands of sites blocked. Despite the so-called "great
firewall of China", Chinese are able to circumvent it using
proxy servers and challenge the regime by reporting and
discussing issues like corruption and human rights.