China blogging leaps 30-fold in four years

Despite media controls and curbs on dissent, China has more than 17 million people posting blogs.

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[benjiernmd]

Good News!

That means the internet technology is a viable force that
democracy can use for its end. No guns needed. No more violence.
And Communism will inevitably die by extinction.

[hackingbear]

The Truth

While you have been brainwashed by the Western media that Chinese government censored the Internet speech heavily, I have observed that there are a lot more severe criticism posted online everyday by Chinese Internet users to Chinese websites than you can find in any of the major western sites like CNN. And those criticism are allowed, as long they don't call for outright support of Fa Lun Gong or Tibet or Taiwan independency; you can even call the government and the party a '*****' and it is allowed. Strange!

Go check out news discussion at Chinese websites like <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.sina.com.cn" target="_newWindow">http://www.sina.com.cn</a> or <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://163.com" target="_newWindow">http://163.com</a> (obviously you need to understand Chinese to read)

While there are undoubt truth from what the major western media has told you about China, they are nevertheless biased.