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Chinese Man Sues State-Owned Cell Phone Company For Blocking Google
jfruh writes China is notorious for censoring the Internet for its citizens, and access in the country became particularly spotty last year as the government tried to block any commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Tiannamen Square massacre. But now one Chinese man is striking back through the courts. A 26-year-old legal practitioner is suing his cell phone company, the government-owned China Unicom, and demanding a refund for periods in which he was unable to access Gmail or Google's Hong Kong search page.
The rule of law isn't quite ready for prime time in China. I applaud his courage, but I'm afraid he will wind up some place unpleasant. Deng Xiaoping made a deal with the people after Tienanmen: capitalism, as long as the Chinese Communist Party remains in control. This would strike at that control. The CCP, not the state, runs things.
Long Wang sure has a lot of balls to do this
That a citizen believes he can openly criticize his government without peril means, at the very least, that public perception of China is improving.
Not to force a Snowden parallel, but he believed something like this once.
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Unfortunately for him, the judge is also state-owned.
If Pandora's box is destined to be opened, *I* want to be the one to open it.