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tcd004 writes "Kate Palmer writes in Foreign Policy Magazine that an international black market for Internet access has arisen in many authoritarian countries who keep their populations offline. Savvy black marketers in cybercafes, universities, private homes, and elsewhere are exploiting technological loopholes to circumvent government filters and charge fees for access. According to OpenNet Initiative, a nonprofit that tracks banned sites, visiting a single website in Saudi Arabia can cost anywhere from $26 to $67. And as censorship spreads, the prices are only going up." It's just a few paragraphs, but thought provoking.
Yep, thank God that's the only thing wrong with the US.
The Chinese don't give a shit whats banned on the web because they don't surf it. What would be the point? They don't speak English and the web is English.
They sit around in cybercafes playing counterstrike and starcraft.
Maybe you should know a thing or two about the country who's affairs you're trying to meddle with.
Yes, they're an authoritarian country, but THATS THE WAY THEY LIKE IT. If you really want to free them (for their own good, against their will) try spreading English (which they are picking up quickly because you earn a lot more money when you speak English in china).