100 Million Online in China

Colin Smith writes "Rising levels of personal wealth in the nation of China means that the country now has over 100 million internet users, and the authorities are discovering just how difficult it is to place a dam against information in the digital age." From the article: "Only last week, the authorities threatened to shut down websites and blogs that failed to register with regulators in a new campaign to tighten controls on what the public can see online. The so-called Great Firewall of China is constantly being breached as citizens and the authorities play a cat and mouse game with the flow of information."

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[CaymanIslandCarpedie]

Everything you are saying is complete and utter crap ;-) Its not like I'm walking around the streets just asking strangers what they think of Castro ;-) I have about a half dozen Cuban friends I've known for about 10 years I hang out with when I visit. Before you ask, no they are not the political elite or in anyway political ;-) Two are pretty low grade nurses, 1 is a taxi driver, two (husband & wife) run a little restuarant, etc. We talk about all tyeps of stuff and they talk shit about Castro to me, but its just minor stuff like the smoking ban and outlawing of US currency which bothers them not all the crap the US media/rulers will tell you.

I'd be very interested to see where you are getting your info about HIV and withholding healthcare. I've spent a lot of time there (and I live in the Cayman Islands where we get a fair amount of cuban news in our papers) and I've never heard of any of this. Since I've never heard of it I cannot deny it without checking the facts, but I'd think I would have heard about it ;-) Where do you get your info? Some Cuban exile group in Florida trying to get back into power in Cuba so they can again rape the country with US concent? Lets not forget, Castro and Che Guevara started the revolution to get rid of the horribly corrupt US-backed Batista regime! There are plenty of people in the US governement (and Cuban exiles) who have a HUGE interest in returning things to that state.