"Remove the Great Firewall, Allow Freedom of Speech" Rally (停止网络封锁，实现言论自由）

Photography/Reporter: Gao Quanliang

摄影/报道：高全亮

On December 18, 2012, "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" held a rally at the United Nations Square in New York City in protest of the Great Firewall in China and called on the Chinese government to remove the Great Firewall, so as to allow freedom of speech.
2012年12月18日，中国公民自由联盟在纽约的联合国广场举行集会，抗议中国政府设置的网络防火墙，号召中国政府停止网络封锁，让人民享有言论自由。

The Chinese government built the "Great Firewall", or "Golden Shield", some 10 years ago, which cost Chinese taxpayers billions of US dollars. It bought technology from such American companies as Cisco, Yahoo!, etc to build this firewall. After this firewall was set up, Chinese people have not been able to access overseas pro-democracy and human rights websites, and such media such as Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, BBC, Radio France International, etc.
中国政府在大约10多年前建造了“长城防火墙”， 也称“金盾工程”， 花费了中国纳税人10多亿美元。它从美国的几个公司，比如思科公司，雅虎公司等购买了防火墙技术。在这个防火墙建成之后，中国的人民就再也不能登录海外的网站，尤其是宣传民主和自由的网站，还有比如美国之音，自由亚洲电台，英国广播公司，法国国际电台等媒体的网站。

The "Great Firewall" also censors netizens' posts on the internet. It lists thousands of "sensitive words" that prohibits Chinese people to search on, such as "1989 Tiananmen Square Democracy Movement", "Nobel Peace Prize", "Liu Xiaobo", and names of top Chinese leaders and their children who are implicated in corruption scandals， because it is afraid that people in China get to know the truth.
“长城防火墙”还审查网民在网上发布的帖子。它列出了数千个敏感词，禁止网民搜索，比如“六四运动”， “诺贝尔和平奖”， “刘晓波", 以及涉贪的中国国家领导人和他们子女的名字,因为它害怕中国人民了解到事情的真相。

Just a few months ago, the Chinese government blocked the websites of "bloomberg.com", a finance website, and "nytimes.com", the website of the New York Times, because they reported two top Chinese leaders and their families being implicated in corruption scandals.
就在几个月前，中国政府封锁了彭博财经网站，以及纽约时报网站，因为他们报道了中国国家领导人和他们的家属涉及贪腐的新闻。

"Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" strongly calls for the Chinese government to respect freedom of speech and for the removal of the "Great Firewall"， so that people in China can freely express their opinions， and know the truth.
中国公民自由联盟强烈呼吁中国政府尊重言论自由，拆掉网络防火墙, 让中国人民可以自由地再网上发表自己的意见，以及了解事情的真相。

This rally was organized by Lin Feng, a former graduate student of law in China, who is also a member of "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights".
这次活动由中国公民自由联盟成员林峰组织，他原是中国一所大学的法律研究生。

A number of people spoke at the rally in protest of the Great Firewall, including Gao Quanliang, Lin Feng, Piao Yingmei, Zheng Jinghua, etc.
数名成员在集会上发表讲话，谴责网络防火墙。

Members "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" attending today's rally include: Lin Feng, Guo Qing,  Li Ruiying, Zhang Tiejun, Shen Xuehua, Cao Jintao, Jin Hualin, Piao Guishu, Wei Jian, Jiang Kaixiong, Gao Quanliang, Luo Shimeng, Zhao Dezi, Ming Jian, Piao Yingmei, Lin Rong, Jiang Jiongri, Chen Jinde, Xu Zhejun, Zheng Jinghua, Piao Xiangshun, Jin Guangzhu, Ren Chengguang.
参加今天集会的公民自由联盟成员有：林峰，郭清，李瑞英，张铁军，申雪花，曹金陶，金花林，朴桂淑，魏坚，蒋开雄，高全亮，罗士猛，赵德子，明键，朴樱梅，林榕，姜炯日，陈晋德，许哲俊，郑京华，朴享顺，金光洙，任成光。