Canyu

Canyu

Available in	Chinese[1]
Headquarters	United States
URL	www.canyu.org^[usurped]
Launched	2005

Canyu
Traditional Chinese	參與
Simplified Chinese	参与
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cānyǔ

Canyu (traditional Chinese: 參與; simplified Chinese: 参与; pinyin: Cānyǔ), also known as Participation^[2] or Participation Network, ^[3] is a United States-based^[4] rights protection^[5] and pro-democracy website,^[6] focusing on China's democracy movement, ^[7] human rights situation, ^[8] and commentary critical of the Chinese Communist Party.^[9]

Canyu.org was launched in 2005^[10] and is maintained by the China Free Press. ^[11] Due to the stand of the website, it received many cyberattacks made by hackers. ^[12] In January 2014, Canyu issued a statement stating that the website had been funded by the National Endowment for Democracy from 2005 to September 30, 2012.^[10]

Hacked

In January 2010, Canyu was hit by DDoS attacks, which prevented access to the website and resulted in the violation and destruction of the background data.^[13] In December 2016, canyu.org was hacked again by DDoS attacks.^[14]

References

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2. Mark McLelland; Vera Mackie (15 September 2014). Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Studies in East Asia. Routledge. pp. 455–. ISBN 978-1-317-68573-9.
3. "International Grants in 2017". Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
4. Philip Wen."China's crackdown: 'If you are strong, you don't have to worry about criticism from anybody.'". The Courier. April 1, 2016.
5. "The independent candidate for the Jiangxi People's Congress was taken away by the police". BBC.com. May 13, 2011.
6. "China Press Freedom Bulletin: March". International Federation of Journalists. 11 March 2016.
7. "The famous overseas Chinese website "China Human Rights Biweekly" was severely paralyzed by hackers". Radio France Internationale. Apr 19, 2016.
8. Kevin Wang, Yuli Yang and Serenitie Wang."Jia Jia, missing Chinese journalist, detained by police, his lawyer says". CNN. March 21, 2016.
9. Chris Buckley."Disinformation, Censorship and Propaganda in China". The New York Times. Mar 30, 2016.
10. "Statement of hacker attack on Canyu.org". Boxun. 2014-01-22.
11. United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (2013). Chinese Hacking: Impact on Human Rights and Commercial Rule of Law : Hearing Before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, June 25, 2013. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 52–.
12. "Fear, intimidation and censorship continue on the Mainland". International Federation of Journalists. 15 March 2016.
13. "Five Chinese websites join to protest the attacks". Voice of America. 2010-01-24.
14. "Two Chinese Rights Websites Targeted After Activist Detentions". Radio Free Asia. 2016-12-30.