China’s Henan Province Silently Enforces Heavier Internet Restrictions Than the Rest of the Country

The Chinese province of Henan has had its own censorship infrastructure since 2023 in addition to the national "Great Firewall".

China’s Henan Province Silently Enforces Heavier Internet Restrictions Than the Rest of the Country

Over the past year and a half, internet users in China’s Henan province have faced a significantly heavier digital blockade than citizens in other regions, according to new findings from a group of international researchers. The study, which drew from daily measurements across millions of online domains, reveals that Henan’s firewall exceeds national censorship thresholds by a wide margin—raising fresh concerns about the emergence of region-spec…

Study: users in China's Henan province were on average denied access to 5x more websites than a typical Chinese internet user between Nov. 2023 and March 2025

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