Canyu

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

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.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]