China’s great firewall gives rise to a robust industry of information smugglers

By Oiwan Lam It is common knowledge that China’s so-called Great Firewall bars Chinese netizens from accessing overseas websites. A chief side effect of the firewall that is less commonly known among foreigners are the many social media outlets that “smuggle” news from overseas to mainland China. Hong Kong investigative news platform The Initium has interviewed a number of media workers … Continue reading China’s great firewall gives rise to a robust industry of information smugglers