China will partly lift internet censorship for one of its provinces to promote tourism

guest · Jun 22, 2018

China will partly lift internet censorship for one of its provinces to promote tourism
The island province of Hainan is located on the southernmost tip of China
June 22, 2018
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/22/17493202/china-internet-censorship-lift-tourism-hainan

China plans to lift some internet censorship on the southern tropical island of Hainan to promote tourism. Visitors to select areas of Hainan will be able to access Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, according to a new plan authorities have put together to turn the province into a free trade port by 2020. It’s not clear if other banned platforms will be uncensored.

For Hainan, China will lift part of its censorship system, or what’s known as the Great Firewall, that blocks access to most foreign social media and news sites. Tourists will be able to enter designated zones in Hainan’s two major cities to access Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.
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mirimir · Jun 22, 2018

Interesting. Some tourist hotels and conference facilities already provide GF-free Internet, I believe. Also some data centers for servers that are restricted to non-Chinese users.

deBoetie · Jun 23, 2018

Perhaps blocking the internet altogether would promote tourism?

Krusty · Sep 7, 2018

The complexities of cyber sovereignty in Chinese airlines over Australian skies

Recently on a trip to Shanghai, I was confused to find that as my plane lifted off Melbourne's Tullamarine tarmac, the internet services that I took for granted like Google, Facebook, and Twitter failed to load while WeChat and Weibo were still accessible.
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I had been attempting to browse the internet on my China Eastern-Qantas codeshare flight with no success, before I realised the continuous buffering was not due to low signal.

Instead, I had somehow hit the Great Firewall of China while still in Australian airspace. This confused me because my flight — that I booked on the Qantas website — was listed with Wi-Fi services.
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mirimir · Sep 7, 2018

That's funny. You enter China when boarding the flight

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