The Great Firewall Policy of The Chinese Government: a Form of Limit and Resistance to Cosmopolitanism

Abstract

This research discusses the policy, the Great Firewall (GFW), which is considered to limit the freedom of Chinese society, against the background of the Chinese government restricting its citizens from interacting and obtaining information from abroad. The purpose of this study is to analyze how the Great Firewall policy is used by the Chinese government as both a tool to limit the flow of global information and a form of resistance to cosmopolitan values. The research method uses a qualitative descriptive approach, drawing on secondary data and qualitative analysis related to the GFW policy, which is a form of limit and resistance.  This research is also limited to document analysis and secondary literature, so it does not involve the direct perspective of internet users in China. Restricted access to government-released official data means some interpretations based on open sources may be incomplete. This research presents a novel perspective on the Chinese government's policy, namely The Great Firewall, as a form of resistance to the universality of global values or a form of Limit & Resistance of Cosmopolitanism. The authenticity of this research is based on earlier research that used similar case studies but differed in the main topics discussed.