The document summarizes China's view of internet sovereignty, where it asserts control and jurisdiction over internet use within its borders. It provides quotes from government documents and officials establishing this stance, dating back to 1984, 1995 and 2010. The document also presents data on China's increasing regulation of the internet over time through its government agencies and policies. Finally, it argues that ideas of borderless internet are diminishing as nations increasingly assert control and surveillance over internet use and content within their territories.

1. Graft Borders onto the Internet:
Chinese Internet Sovereignty
Min Jiang (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor @ UNC Charlotte
Secretariat Member, Chinese Internet Research Conference
Law, Borders, Speech Conference
Center for Internet & Society, Stanford Law School
October 24, 2016

2. The Internet in China Whitepaper
■ “Within Chinese territory the Internet is
under the jurisdiction of Chinese
sovereignty… Citizens of the People’s
Republic of China and foreign citizens, legal
persons and other organizations within
Chinese territory have the right and freedom
to use the Internet; at the same time, they
must obey the laws and regulations of China
and conscientiously protect Internet
security.”
- State Council Information Office (2010)

3. “Computer education must start with kids”
- Deng Xiaoping (1984)

4. “By linking with the Internet, we don’t
mean absolute freedom of
information… If you go through
customs, you have to show your
passport. It’s the same with
management of information. There is
no contradiction at all between the
development of telecommunications
infrastructure and the exercise of state
sovereignty.”
- Wu Jichuan (1995)
Former Minister of Posts and Telecommunications

5. Chinese Internet Regulatory Agencies
Source: Miao, Pang & Jiang (2017). Manuscript under review.

6. Regulatory Policies byType
(1994-2015)
Source: Miao, Pang & Jiang (2017). Manuscript under review.

7. A New InternetWorld
■ Re-nationalization of the Internet
– Return of borders, cybersecurity
■ No longer dominated by liberal values/practices
– 22% “Partly Free” (Freedom House)
– 30% “Not Free”
■ Erosion of civil liberties in “democracies”
– NSA, Snowden Affair,Gawker,Trump
■ Global surveillance and filtering as the norm
– By states and Internet giants

8. 2-Trillion-Dollar Photo (2015)