China has leapfrogged into this information age, and Web users have grown very significantly, which knocked down the cost of doing the environmental transparency.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
China's Web has grown away from just duplicating services from the U.S.
The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldn't have previously.
It seems pretty clear that the Internet has an important economic role to play for China as it reaches out to the rest of the world.
Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world.
There are a lot of people that think the Internet is going to bring information and democracy and pluralism in China just by existing.
The Chinese government learnt how to manage the Internet from Western developed countries; we have not learnt enough yet.
Like it or not, Google and the Chinese government are stuck in a tense, long-term relationship, and can look forward to more high-stakes shadow-boxing in the netherworld of the world's most elaborate system of censorship.
One thing is very clear from the chatter I see on Chinese blogs, and also from just what people in China tell me, is that Google is much more popular among China's Internet users than the United States.
The user in China wants the same thing that any Internet user wants - privacy in conversations, maximum access to information, and the ability to speak their minds online.
The trend in China is toward tighter and tighter control. They are basically improving their censorship mechanisms.
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