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Tag: VPNs

Posted inOpinion

Crypto in the crossfire of Russia-Ukraine war

by Gavin Brown March 4, 2022March 4, 2022

War is expensive. The United States spent about US$1.1 trillion on the 2003 Iraq war in today’s money, while the Falklands war cost the UK the equivalent of about £2.6 billion. Funding is therefore an important resource in any conflict, similar to that of artillery, fuel and boots on the ground. The burden of finance […]

Reporters protest as they call on Myanmar government and military authorities to release reporters who were arrested in Yangon, Myanmar June 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Posted inOpinion

Myanmar coup kills off the free press

by Shawn W. Crispin February 1, 2022May 30, 2022
Posted inMyanmar

Junta cyber bill has Myanmar business up in arms

by Dominic Oo January 28, 2022February 8, 2022
Posted inTechnology

Kazakhstan bares its digital authoritarian teeth

by Margaret Hu January 25, 2022January 26, 2022
Posted inMyanmar

Myanmar’s generals blindsided by Gen Z protests

by Bertil Lintner February 12, 2021February 17, 2021
Posted inIran

Iran wages war on Instagram and the internet

by Kourosh Ziabari January 29, 2021February 1, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Pakistan harming its own digital sector

by Turyal Azam Khan July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
A man logs on to Facebook in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters / Carlos Barria
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, France, Guangzhou, Shanghai, World

Chinese government prepares to plug holes in ‘Great Firewall’

by Joanna Chiu March 30, 2018February 18, 2020
The Great Wall of China is crowded with tourists during the Golden Week holiday. Photo: Xinhua
Posted inAT Finance, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Technology changing travel habits for millions of Chinese

by Ben Kwok October 9, 2017February 18, 2020
A man logs on to Facebook in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters / Carlos Barria
Posted inBeijing, China, Russia, World, Wuhan

Why you should care about China’s VPN crackdown

by Omair Uthmani August 26, 2017February 18, 2020
Who's calling the tune on Chinese internet access? Photo: Creative Commons
Posted inChina, Guangzhou, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Cracks in the firewall: China’s VPN game of cat-and-mouse

by Lin Wanxia July 24, 2017February 18, 2020

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