FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT: JESSICA BATKE AND LAURA EDELSON ON CHINA’S “LOCKNET”

This is the full transcript, lightly edited for grammar and clarity, of an interview with Jessica Batke, ChinaFile’s senior editor for investigations, and Laura Edelson, assistant professor of computer science at Northeastern University, on their report “The Locknet: How China Controls Its Internet and Why It Matters.” An abridged version of the interview, with an introduction to the report, was