Golden Shield

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 金盾.

Proper noun

the Golden Shield

1. Synonym of Great Firewall of China
   • 2010 January 13, Tim Stevens, “China's cyberwar goes beyond Google”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     China's Golden Shield has long been a byword for internet censorship.

   • 2017, Jason R. Fritz, “Information Operations”, in China’s Cyber Warfare: The Evolution of Strategic Doctrine, Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 81:

     Rather than try to shut down the source, the Golden Shield attempts to prevent these sites from being accessible in China.

   • 2018 June 29, Elizabeth C Economy, “The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping’s internet shutdown”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     In the late 1990s, Fang worked on developing the “Golden Shield” – transformative software that enabled the government to inspect any data being received or sent, and to block destination IP addresses and domain names.

Further reading

• Golden Shield Project on Wikipedia.Wikipedia