Golden Shield

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 金盾.

Proper noun

Golden Shield

  1. Synonym of Great Firewall of China
    • 2010 January 13, Tim Stevens, “China's cyberwar goes beyond Google”, in The Guardian‎:
      China's Golden Shield has long been a byword for internet censorship.
    • 2018 June 29, Elizabeth C Economy, “The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping’s internet shutdown”, in The Guardian‎:
      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.

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