China Channel, today’s addon of the day, illustrates what life on the internet is like behind the great firewall of China.

Through the magic of a little routing, China Channel will submit all HTTP requests through Chinese servers which filter pages believed to inspire dissidence or contain anti-governmental messages. Users of the addon can then see what it would be like to live in a Big Brother state which keeps communications under constant surveillance.

While native Chinese users would typically be disconnected from the internet for fifteen minutes, China Channel allows you to continue the experience by relaunching the browser to obtain a new IP.