Hong Kong (CNN) As China's leaders gather in Beijing this week for the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), an ideological war is under way on the country's internet. Censorship fighterLi Hongkuan is more experienced than most in battling the censors and pushing the boundaries of free speech in China. However, Li has become a casualty of a new type of internet censorship which intrudes into previously private areas where limited dissent -- or at least discussion around dissent -- was once tolerated. The approach of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party has seen a marked increase in internet censorship. 'Sophisticated control'Beijing has also forged ahead with what it calls " internet sovereignty ," the notion that nations should have total control over the Internet within their borders.

Source: CNN October 15, 2017 04:07 UTC