China Tells Carriers to Block Access to Personal VPNs by February - Bloomberg

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Allan Davidson <alland () heckerty com>
> Subject: China Tells Carriers to Block Access to Personal VPNs by February - Bloomberg
> Date: July 11, 2017 at 4:29:46 PM EDT
> To: Dave Farber <farber () gmail com>
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> Hi Dave
>
> Another story that may be of interest to the list membership
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> Best
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> Allan
> > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-10/china-is-said-to-order-carriers-to-bar-personal-vpns-by-february 
> > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-10/china-is-said-to-order-carriers-to-bar-personal-vpns-by-february>
> >
> > China Tells Carriers to Block Access to Personal VPNs by February
> > July 11, 2017, 11:50 AM GMT+9
> > Bloomberg News
> > 2018 deadline to stop individuals from accessing global web
> >
> > Tightening controls come amid Xi’s goal of "cyber-sovereignty"
> >
> > China's Great Firewall Gets Tougher
> >
> > China's Great Firewall Gets Tougher
> >
> > China’s government has told telecommunications carriers to block individuals’ access to virtual private networks by 
> > Feb. 1, people familiar with the matter said, thereby shutting a major window to the global internet.
> >
> > Beijing has ordered state-run telecommunications firms, which include China Mobile 
> > <https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/941:HK>, China Unicom <https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/762:HK> and China Telecom 
> > <https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/728:HK>, to bar people from using VPNs, services that skirt censorship restrictions 
> > by routing web traffic abroad, the people said, asking not to be identified talking about private government 
> > directives.
> >
> > The clampdown will shutter one of the main ways in which people both local and foreign still manage to access the 
> > global, unfiltered web on a daily basis. China has one of the world’s most restrictive internet regimes, tightly 
> > policed by a coterie of government regulators intent on suppressing dissent to preserve social stability. In keeping 
> > with President Xi Jinping’s “cyber sovereignty” campaign, the government now appears to be cracking down on 
> > loopholes around the Great Firewall, a system that blocks information sources from Twitter and Facebook to news 
> > websites such as the New York Times and others.
> >
> > While VPNs are widely used by businesses and individuals to view banned websites, the technology operates in a legal 
> > gray area. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pledged 
> > <http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146290/n4388791/c5471946/content.html> in January to step up enforcement against 
> > unauthorized VPNs, and warned <x-msg://17/news/terminal/OK9F9W6TTDS2> corporations to confine such services to 
> > internal use. At least one popular network operator said 
> > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-03/china-s-great-firewall-gets-tougher-as-popular-vpn-shut-down> it 
> > had run afoul of the authorities: GreenVPN notified users it would halt service from July 1 after “receiving a 
> > notice from regulatory departments.” It didn’t elaborate on the notice.
> >
> > Click here for an explanation of the ban and VPN in China. 
> > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-11/how-china-s-vpn-ban-asserts-digital-sovereignty-quicktake-q-a>
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> > It’s unclear how the new directive may affect multinationals operating within the country, which already have to 
> > contend with a Cybersecurity Law 
> > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-24/foreign-firms-fret-as-china-implements-new-cybersecurity-law> 
> > that imposes stringent requirements on the transfer of data and may give Beijing unprecedented access to their 
> > technology. Companies operating on Chinese soil will be able to employ leased lines to access the international web 
> > but must register their usage of such services for the record, the people familiar with the matter said.
> >
> > Shares in U.S.-listed 21Vianet Group Inc. <https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/VNET:US>, a provider of networking and 
> > datacenter services to Chinese clients, slid as much as 4.1 percent before ending 2.4 percent lower. Westone 
> > Information Industry Inc. <https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/002268:CH>, which helps to set up VPNs and secure 
> > networks, fell as much as 1.5 percent Tuesday.
> >
> > “This seems to impact individuals” most immediately, said Jake Parker, Beijing-based vice president of the US-China 
> > Business Council. “VPNs are incredibly important for companies trying to access global services outside of China,” 
> > he said. 
> >
> > “In the past, any effort to cut off internal corporate VPNs has been enough to make a company think about closing or 
> > reducing operations in China. It’s that big a deal,” he added.
> >
> > China Mobile Ltd. <https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/941:HK>, the Hong Kong-listed arm of the country’s biggest 
> > carrier, declined to comment. Representatives for publicly traded China Telecom Corp. and China Unicom (Hong Kong) 
> > Ltd. couldn’t immediately comment. The ministry didn’t immediately reply to an email seeking comment.
> >
> > — With assistance by Steven Yang, and Christina Larson
> >
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