1994
The internet is used in China for the first time.
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January 23, 1996
China's first censorship bill, made all IPS to be approved by the government
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February 18, 1996
China's second censorship bill is passed allowing for the internet security responsibility to be given to the Ministry of Public Security, leading to the defining of "bad" and "good" on the internet.
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December 1997
Zhu Entao, Public Security minister, leaks state secrets.
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1998
The Golden Shield Project, or "Great Firewall of China," is started.
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September 2000
First content restriction on the internet is made.
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September 2002
Google is blocked in China.
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2005
"Google China" is founded and is filtered by Ministry of Public Security.
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2009
Chinese government seeks approval of downloading a program, Green-Dam Youth Escort, onto all computer manufactured in China.
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March 2010
Google obeys filtering of Tiananmen Square Masscre and Tibet Conflicts.
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March 2011
Google and the Chinese government argue about disruptions with Google's Gmail service. Tibetian people start self-immolating.
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2012
Chinese citizen have to start giving their real name to ISP.
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2013
Government censors another attack on Tiananmen Square by Muslim Uighur minority group.
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December 2014
Fourty-four journalists have been imprisoned in China as of this date.
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2015
Government cracks down on VPNs.
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