There is a touching simplicity about the idea of adopting a Chinese blog
In an infinitely connected world there is a foster home for samizdat literature and establishment contrarian views. There could a cyber-asylum for thoughts that would have not otherwise seen light of day and died in-utero.
When a 800 lb gorilla like Microsoft together with the Chinese government cannot quell the babbling masses, the hoi polloi begins to look invincible. A silent, peaceful and non-violent revolution seems possible - in the classical Gandhian way.
Yet the masses for all their power are do not add up to much Google-wise atleast as one blogger points out
Googling "China's effect on the Internet" (with the quotes) turns up zero hits.
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