How China tightly controls its internet - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

China has one of the world’s most sophisticated internet censorship systems - it’s so extensive that it’s been nicknamed 'The Great Firewall of China'. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM Many Western websites, such as Google or WhatsApp, are shut off to Chinese Internet users, while Chinese equivalents like Baidu and WeChat are popular instead. Blockbuster films like Top Gun Maverick have been edited, celebrities like Lady Gaga are taboo and cartoon character Peppa Pig has also been censored. So, what is the Chinese government trying to achieve with internet censorship? And in an increasingly globalised world, how are they managing to filter out the information they don’t want people to know? Shawn Yuan from the BBC’s Global China Unit explains how the ‘Great Firewall’ works - and what it tells us about the relationship between the government and citizens in China. 00:00 Coming up 00:13 Introduction 00:57 Growing up in China 02:36 Topics that are censored 03:08 Why China censors topics 03:29 Xi Jinping’s instability fears 04:00 Is all government criticism not tolerated? 05:24 China’s firewall 05:55 Apps that are blocked 06:26 China’s alternative apps 07:03 Are intimate chats monitored? 07:28 Individual censors and AI 08:26 Peppa pig 09:30 Do Chinese citizens accept censorship? 11:30 Is censorship getting stricter? Watch more episodes from What in the World here 👉🏽    • What in the World   Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Hannah Gelbart Producers: Julia Ross-Roy and Chelsea Coates Video Journalist: Baldeep Chahal Editor: Verity Wilde ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #china #censorship #chinanews