Where the Mid-Autumn Festival is usually a time of reunions in China, last week Chinese dissidents found themselves cut off and isolated from their families instead, as the authorities used family separation as a way to punish those critical of the Party. Also: Chinese universities are reportedly using software to detect, identify, and prevent students from using circumvention methods such as VPNs.
HRIC Weekly Brief
Where the Mid-Autumn Festival is usually a time of reunions in China, last week Chinese dissidents found themselves cut off and isolated from their families instead, as the authorities used family separation as a way to punish those critical of the Party. Also: Chinese universities are reportedly using software to detect, identify, and prevent students from using circumvention methods such as VPNs.