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Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
February 3, 2022

Categorized
Censorship, Global Technology, Sports, Surveillance

Tagged
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, burner phones, censorship, China, Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Citizen Lab, MY2022 App, Peng Shuai, Uyghurs}

Surveillance and Silence at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

_{Why are countries instructing their Olympic athletes to use burner phones?} _{Heather Zeiger

February 3, 2022

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Censorship, Global Technology, Sports, Surveillance}

In a previous article, I looked at the security issues with the MY2022 app, the official app for the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games, and the app that everyone who attends must download. The app has two key vulnerabilities that leave user data exposed when sending information over WiFi.* Aside from these vulnerabilities, the University of Toronto-based Citizen Lab found a list of censored keywords in the app’s code, as well as the capability to report someone who has sent politically contentious content over the messaging service. The keyword feature does not seem to be active, but as Jeffrey Knockel, author of the Citizen Lab report, told the New York Times, they could censor content with “the flip of a switch.” This is one Read More ›

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Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
January 28, 2022

Categorized
Global Technology, Sports

Tagged
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Beijing, China, Citizen Lab, COVID-19, MY2022 App, Peng Shuai, Uyghurs, Xi Jinping}

2022 Winter Olympics: Security Vulnerabilities in the MY2022 App

_{All Olympics attendees are required to download the MY2022 app to track their health and other personal data, despite security concerns} _{Heather Zeiger

January 28, 2022

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Global Technology, Sports}

This February should be a time of celebration in China. The opening ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is the day after the beginning of Lunar New Year. The Olympic Games commence two days later on February 4th. However, the Chinese government has put a damper on celebrations by continuing to pursue its “zero-Covid” strategy even though every other country has eased restrictions and begun transitioning from a “pandemic” to “endemic” mentality. People in Beijing along with surrounding regions have become exasperated over the daily testing protocols and harsh measures that are in place to ensure the Chinese Communist Party can save face over its prior claims of having defeated the virus. Among many of the issues plaguing the Read More ›

China from space on realistic model of planet Earth with network. Concept of digital technology, connectivity and travel.

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Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
January 10, 2022

Categorized
Censorship, Global Technology, Social Media

Tagged
China, Chinese Communist Party, Denise Ho, Hannah Arendt, Jack Ma, Peng Shuai, Rui Zhong, The Origins of Totalitarianism (book), Zhuoran Li}

China’s Internet: The Biggest Influencer Is the State

_{How China uses social metrics to guide its censorship strategy} _{Heather Zeiger

January 10, 2022

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Censorship, Global Technology, Social Media}

The Chinese Communist Party’s response to champion doubles tennis player Peng Shuai was about more than just dismissing an accusation and protecting a high-ranking Party member. It was about silencing influencers and suppressing social mobilization. In a previous article, we looked at how Beijing’s propaganda machine used fake Twitter accounts to amplify messaging around tennis champion Peng Shuai after she disappeared from the public and was censored on the Chinese internet. Wilson Center scholar Rui Zhong writes in Wired magazine, “This is not about topics. This censorship is fundamentally about the dismantling of social resources.” Rui Zhong’s article is helpful in contextualizing the Chinese Communist Party’s targets for online censorship. She says that most analyses of Chinese internet censorship focus on specific words, phrases, or topics, rather Read More ›

Tennis ball in net on flag China background.

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Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
December 23, 2021

Categorized
Censorship, Global Technology, Sports

Tagged
#WhereIsPengShuai, China, Peng Shuai, Steve Simon, Weibo}

Peng Shuai Backtracks Her Accusations

_{This comes as no surprise to anyone who knows how China's propaganda works} _{Heather Zeiger

December 23, 2021

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Censorship, Global Technology, Sports}

On December 19, Peng Shuai was stopped by a journalist with Singaporean Chinese-language state-owned newspaper Lianhe Zaobao while she was in Shanghai for the International Ski Federation’s Cross-Country Skiing China City Tour. The Wall Street Journal reports that journalist Chen Qingqing, of the Chinese state media mouthpiece Global Times, posted a short video on Twitter of Peng with former NBA and CBA basketball player and current chairman of the China Basketball Association, Yao Ming hours before the Lianhe Zaobao interview was posted. In the interview Peng said that she never said or wrote about anyone sexually assaulting her. The Wall Street Journal reports: “There’s been a lot of misunderstanding,” Ms. Peng said in an interview, describing the situation as touching on “my personal privacy.” “There shouldn’t be any distorted interpretations,” she Read More ›

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Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
December 1, 2021

Categorized
Arts & Culture, Censorship, Global Technology

Tagged
#WhereIsPengShuai, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, China, China Open, Chinese Communist Party (CCP), International Olympic Committee (IOC), Peng Shuai, Steve Simon, Thomas Bach, Weibo, Women's Tennis Association (WTA), Zhang Gaoli}

#WhereIsPengShuai: China’s Star Tennis Player Went Missing

_{Peng re-appeared after two weeks, but her disappearance sparked a global outcry against human rights violations under the Chinese Communist Party} _{Heather Zeiger

December 1, 2021

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Arts & Culture, Censorship, Global Technology}

On November 2, two-time tennis doubles champion, singles semifinalist, and three-time Olympian Peng Shuai posted on her Weibo account an essay accusing the former vice premier of China, Zhang Gaoli, of rape and coercion. They had an on-and-off relationship that began ten years ago and, reportedly, had a fight several days before her post. (A partial translation of her post can be found here.) In 2014 Peng was the number one tennis doubles champion, having won two Grand Slams, and has toured with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). She has also appeared in three Olympics for China. Zhang is a retired vice premier of the highest governing body in China, the Politburo Standing Committee, and unlike other government officials who have Read More ›