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Is Starlink legal in China?
They can’t (legally, under international law) jam the signals to and from the satellites or anything like that. So if people smuggle in StarLink interface boxes from nearby countries – it would be hard for China to prevent people from using them covertly.
Is Starlink internet available everywhere?
What to know about Starlink before you sign up. Although Starlink is still in its infancy, Starlink satellite internet is available for testing in limited parts of the US, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, and several other countries.
Why did China use satellite bandwidth to quell protests in Xinjiang?
In the final case, China’s police force used satellite bandwidth to quell protests in Xinjiang, an area where the government has been sharply criticized for the forced relocation of of Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic minority in the province. China is said to have relocated as many as one million Uighurs into internment camps.
Why does China want to beam CCTV-4 outside of China?
At the same time, China hopes to beam their TV to millions of households outside of China, stimulating domestic production companies while at the same time continuing to limit foreign penetration into the TV market as best they can. Direct TV in California has already agreed to sell CCTV-4 to the more than 1 million Chinese living in their area.
What is China doing with satellites built by US companies?
Bandwidth on satellites built by U.S. companies is used to connect Chinese soldiers at South China Sea outposts, the Wall Street Journal said in a report. China’s state police have also used the satellite services to help fight protesters, notably in a region where ethnic minorities were forcibly relocated, the report said.
Is China’s government using zero-day surveillance to hold families at home?
Pervasive online surveillance is a fact of life within the Chinese mainland. But if the communities the Chinese government wants to surveill aren’t at home, it is increasingly willing to invest in expensive zero-days to watch them abroad, or otherwise hold their families at home hostage.