Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.'

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 early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is not the case.

One-way monologues through the Voice of America and Radio Free Asia don't have much street cred with China's Internet generation, to be honest.

The trend in China is toward tighter and tighter control. They are basically improving their censorship mechanisms.

Many of the Kuomintang elite in Taiwan have relatives among the ruling elite here on mainland China.