Question

What are the possible consequences of China's continuing control of access to the internet?

Answer 1

According to the news reports,China will support open economy and will open up to liberalisation for the foreign investors.This announcement was made by the Chinese president Xi Jinping in the 19th Communist party congress.

But on the other side the digital communication in china is becoming less free.Access to Facebook and Google has been shut down in Beijing, some of the video streaming websites like Netflix have been shut down in China.They have removed foreign TV shows.The Chinese government has increased the limitations on the usage of internet which may even grow in future,

China's constitution give its citizens freedom of speech and freedom of press,but they claim that state secrets and country is endangered by excess use of internet to an extent which would prove harmful to their financial ,economic and political growth

Some of the consequences that have resulted in China's access to internet are:

1.People's creativity is hindered

2.Unauthorised websites can be accessed by VPN

3.According to the human tendency people become prone on doing more for what is banned.

4.People would engage in duplicacy and piracy.

5.Cyber crime and frauds would decrease resulting in women and child's safety

6.Social activity gets affected

7.Social addiction on the youth and children will reduce

8.Cognitive capabilities of the people are challenged

9.Negative trends will be discovered in the behavioral and pshycological impacts of digital life

10.Less use devices will lead to decrease in depression and more fit people

11.There will be decrease in social alienation