Great Firewall of China

英语[编辑]

词源[编辑]

Great Wall of China +‎ firewall组成的混成词，于1997年经杂志《连线》而普及。^[1]

专有名词[编辑]

the Great Firewall of China

(原意，幽默，贬义) 防火长城
近义词： (缩略词) GFW、Great Firewall、Golden Shield
- 1997, A. Michael Froomkin, “Jurisdiction in Cyberspace: The Role of Intermediaries [网络空间的司法权：中间人的角色]”, 出自 Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the Global Information Infrastructure [网络空间的边界：信息政策和全球信息基础设施], →OCLC，页号 146:
  Behind this hypothetical Great Firewall of China, most users would be allowed to exchange information with foreign sites if they were on the approved list
  在这道假想的防火长城背后，大部分使用者能与白名单上的外国网站进行信息交换
- 2001, Greg Walton, China's Golden Shield: Corporations and the Development of Surveillance Technology in the People's Republic of China [金盾工程：中华人民共和国监控技术与公司的发展], →OCLC，页号 5:
  The "Great Firewall of China" is failing, largely due to the increased volume of Internet traffic in China.
  防火长城正在逐渐失效，其中一个很大的原因在于中国网络流量的持续增加。
- 2007, Dinah PoKempner, “A Shrinking Realm: Freedom of Expression Since 9/11 [缩小的领域：九一一事件后的言论自由]”, 出自 Human Rights Watch World Report 2007 [2007年世界人权观察报告], →ISBN，页号 76:
  The Great Firewall of China is a case of corporate collaboration in censorship.
  防火长城是企业合作进行内容审查的案例之一。
- 2015 3月 31, Dan Goodin, “Massive denial-of-service attack on GitHub tied to Chinese government [GitHub 遭受大量阻断服务攻击，攻击者与中国政府相关]”, 出自 Ars Technica‎^[1], retrieved 2015-04-01:
  The targets suggest the attackers are sympathetic to the vast censorship apparatus known as the Great Firewall of China.
  受攻击的目标来源暗示，攻击者对防火长城这一大型内容审查机构抱有同情。

延伸阅读[编辑]

Internet censorship in China在英语维基百科上的资料。维基百科 ^en

来源[编辑]

↑ Jonathon Keats (2010) Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199752904, 页69: “Noting this local slang, the June 1997 issue of Wired presented the newfangled Chinese internet to Western audiences with a decidedly ironic spin, introducing Great Firewall of China into the lexicon.”

[1] Jonathon Keats (2010) Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199752904, 页69: “Noting this local slang, the June 1997 issue of Wired presented the newfangled Chinese internet to Western audiences with a decidedly ironic spin, introducing Great Firewall of China into the lexicon.”

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