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2056
Language
English
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Summary

The text provides a comprehensive overview of China's advanced internet censorship tactics through the Great Firewall, highlighting its capability to redirect users attempting to access censored sites to randomly chosen real IP addresses, leading to inadvertent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on various international websites. This sophisticated DNS poisoning technique makes it challenging for anti-censorship tools to effectively counteract the censorship, as it uses a large and random set of IP addresses, unlike previous methods that were easier to circumvent. The article underscores the broader implications of this approach, which not only enhances domestic censorship but also potentially disrupts foreign sites, exemplifying China's strategic use of its censorship apparatus as both a shield and a weapon. Additionally, the text mentions the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to consolidate power over internet governance, including the crackdown on VPN services and the takeover of the China Internet Network Information Center, further tightening control over digital information flow and demonstrating an intensified focus on both domestic suppression and international influence.