This is such an ironic political cartoon for China. The unparalleled construction of China, the Great Wall, tries to show off China’s national power and international status. However, the writer renamed it into “Great Firewall of China”. And a prohibiting sign on the wall can be found, to deliver a clear message that Google cannot enter China’s territory with the banning of the powerful great firewall. The well-known Great Wall is teased as like the computer firewall to stop the foreign website GOOGLE to enter the Chinese market for the Chinese people to use. And I guess the Chinese Government also believes this is an efficient way to control the citizens with their thinking or communications.
Due to the lack of Internet freedom, the Chinese people start to use different means to access the blocked website by using proxy to get over the firewall to get back their Internet freedom. Just like as shown in the picture, the bird with the sound “TWEET” is symbolizing as the text messages under the social networking TWITTER . Even though the Great Firewall is so powerful, the little flying bird can easily get over the firewall of China. The writer has a negative view over the use firewall by China, there is lack of freedom for the Chinese people. However, at the same time, the Chinese people try every means to get their freedom back through an unauthorized way or illegal way. The word of “GREAT” Firewall shows that the Chinese government is cheated and she doesn’t know the capability that people can resist against her. The Firewall is actually not that “GREAT” without getting the support from the citizens.
In my opinion, there are more social or political problems are implied under the rule of communist party. Chinese citizens do not have a freedom to speak whatever they want in real life, and just like the Chinese Government control their Internet at the same time. There is still a long way to go for the democratic ideas to be implemented.
Source : Great Firewall of China [Computers and Society]
http://utcser.blogspot.hk/2012/03/chinas-great-firewall-is-about-to-crack.html
Due to the lack of Internet freedom, the Chinese people start to use different means to access the blocked website by using proxy to get over the firewall to get back their Internet freedom. Just like as shown in the picture, the bird with the sound “TWEET” is symbolizing as the text messages under the social networking TWITTER . Even though the Great Firewall is so powerful, the little flying bird can easily get over the firewall of China. The writer has a negative view over the use firewall by China, there is lack of freedom for the Chinese people. However, at the same time, the Chinese people try every means to get their freedom back through an unauthorized way or illegal way. The word of “GREAT” Firewall shows that the Chinese government is cheated and she doesn’t know the capability that people can resist against her. The Firewall is actually not that “GREAT” without getting the support from the citizens.
In my opinion, there are more social or political problems are implied under the rule of communist party. Chinese citizens do not have a freedom to speak whatever they want in real life, and just like the Chinese Government control their Internet at the same time. There is still a long way to go for the democratic ideas to be implemented.
Source : Great Firewall of China [Computers and Society]
http://utcser.blogspot.hk/2012/03/chinas-great-firewall-is-about-to-crack.html