"So that you live in interesting times!" We are used to quoting to the right and to the left this kind of Chinese curse, meaning that every time we have, there is nowhere more interesting. But at the same time, the boy is sinning against the truth. This quote, which sounds literally "May you live in interesting times", was torn from the book of an English diplomat who was the British ambassador to China in the 1930s and did not indicate the original source, moreover, he quoted another of his English colleagues. Therefore, most likely, this is an apocryphal, that is, a literary expression of an unknown author and dubious origin. This does not in the least prevent the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire from fostering and carrying through all generations all kinds of wise thoughts, no matter how fabulous and invented they may sound, instilling them not only in their supernumerous people, but also throughout humanity.What am I getting at? Let's get it consistent.
The Chinese are a nation steeped in history and mythology. Moreover, she does not reshape it every time in accordance with the political moment and at the request of the power that comes to rule (with rare exceptions), but, on the contrary, tries to introduce into the minds of people their relationship with centuries-old traditions and rules of life. Private and public. When the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping quotes at an official event a character who stands at the origins of Chinese history, which dates back to several millennia ago, namely the Yellow Emperor, you understand that this is not a catchword and that any accomplishments are subject to this people. ... "Solidarity, tension, seriousness and liveliness" - taught his subjects another leader and teacher, the great helmsman - Mao Zedong.
It is because of this, and not because they live under communist rule, that the Chinese are working together, consistently, together and confidently, including in the field of cybersecurity. It is generally accepted that the Internet cannot be controlled. This is a really daunting task. Even in the event of failure of many cables and devices, the Internet is able to quickly, using special protocols, lay out new routes for transmitting information. Moreover, data centers (data processing centers) are controlled by companies based mainly in the United States. So the "Great Firewall of China" puts a barrier to almost any unwanted content. Firewall (English Firewall) is an IT specialist's term and means a system that controls all connections at a single point in the network. Which connections are considered necessary, and which ones to get rid of,the system decides on the basis of human-defined rules. Do I need to explain that this phrase has a direct analogy with the Great Wall of China? After all, this is how the word wall is translated - wall. And through this wall, equipped with the latest technologies, not a single site included in the "black list" of the PRC government can penetrate.
China was one of the first to understand the danger posed to its ideological and moral foundations by the world Internet web.
It is everywhere, it is anonymous, uncontrollable and can act corrupting on any community, gradually carry out any subversive policy.
Therefore, in the Middle Kingdom, with the advent of the Internet, methods for its control and monitoring immediately appeared.
In 1987, the country sent its first e-mail, and in 2003, the Golden Shield project to control the Chinese segment of the Internet was already fully operational throughout the territory.
The most interesting thing is that for the then foreign Internet services, even then a dilemma arose: either to obey the imposed rules, or to leave the market.
It is incomparable in volume and dynamically developing.
Those who refused to restrict Chinese access to unwanted information could simply be banned from working in the PRC.
The Golden Shield Internet Control Project is considered the most successful e-government project, and the Chinese Internet is considered the most controlled network space in the world.
Information that gets to the Chinese Internet from the outside world is filtered by keywords and blocked for propaganda of violence, homosexuality, pornography, for attempts to undermine state security, for inciting ethnic hatred or publication of information recognized by the Chinese government as politically incorrect or ideologically incorrect.
Now let's see what is happening in this area with us. Let's start with "cohesion and tension." Because with "seriousness and liveliness" everything is in order. Numerous conferences, forums and congresses are very lively, very serious. They successfully and for a long time, at a very significant cost, discuss burning issues of cybersecurity. The result is the distribution of funds for solving urgent problems. And here "cohesion and tension" fail. A common strategic "firewall" is not foreseen, large Moscow companies steal the bulk of the money to themselves, and the regions look at what is happening with bewilderment and only wait with bated breath when they come to them to check their compliance with Federal Law No. 187,which spelled out severe punishments for violators of ensuring the security of significant objects of critical information infrastructure.
But these are all things of everyday life. The situation on the front of the struggle against foreign political influence and internal enemies, which Sergei Shoigu spoke about recently, is much more complicated. Well, he messed with Google once again, well, he published a number of prohibited materials, well, they caught him by the hand again. The entire "golden shield" of Russia here is Roskomnadzor and the courts. The famous search resource does not want to delete the ill-fated materials in any way. And a harsh sentence is passed on him. As much as 4 million rubles a fine! In total, he has accumulated in the aggregate about 32 million penalties. And Google's quarterly dollar revenue is billions of dollars. He won't even notice these unfortunate millions of rubles. In extreme cases, it can be written off as an advertising campaign. After all, only the lazy did not write about this incident.
Well, what would you like to do?
By the way, in China, Google, Facebook, YouTube, and some other powerful world resources, due to the malicious violation of local legislation, have simply been ordered to live a long time.
As for the fines, in addition to the external threat, the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire are also fighting with the internal monopolists.
And not for life, but for death.
For example, the Alibaba Group (several trading platforms) faces a fine of no less than $ 975 million. And some are talking about $ 2.5 billion.
Do you want like in China?
The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.