Free Trade Zone of Shanghai is set to become the first in China to allow Internet access to previously banned sites, including Facebook, Twitter and New York Times . According to South China Morning Post , anonymous government officials confirmed that the decision is only applicable to the newly established area in the financial Pudong District of Shanghai, which will operate under the same economic standards as Hong Kong.
Known as the "Great Firewall of China," the current restrictions exclude all residents of mainland access to more than 20 sites. Some sites have gone in and out of favor, including Wikipedia, Google and Bloomberg - it was included on the banned list after running a story about the finances of the family of President Xi Jinping. The New York Times met the same fate in 2012 for a similar story on the wealth of the former Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.
social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have been banned since 09, when they were believed to have exacerbated the riots in the provinces. Instead, people flocked to Sina Weibo, a similar micro-blogging site that is heavily controlled and censored by the government. Earlier this year, the trial of the politician Bo Xilai was even live-blogged via Weibo a court otherwise closed, providing a global platform for the dissemination of the inevitable guilty verdict.
The new easing of restrictions will apply in a carefully delimited economic zone of 28.8 km 2 , as a way for China to bring foreign investors and former exasperated "feel more comfortable." There have been several complaints from businessmen about the inaccessibility of news sites from home and even, on occasion, email. If Shanghai wants to become a global financial center on a par with London and New York, making it the most viable international Internet will be a crucial first step.
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