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In China, the walled-garden Internet already under heavy attack from hacktivists

COVER STORY: "In China, a battle over Web censorship: As Beijing restricts what Internet users can see, 'hacktivists' try to crack 'Great Firewall,'" by Paul Wiseman, USA Today, 23 April 2008, p. 1A.

Invariably, the younger ones figure out the Matrix and demand their release from its artificiality.

As natural as the day is long.

That's why you focus on the connectivity and let the attempts at "mouse arrest" unfold in the near term. You simply know our way of thinking will win out in the end.

My favorite bit is the hacktivist Bill Xia, based in NC, who offers Chinese Web surfers his version of the "red pill."

Yes, China will seek to keep the bottlenecks going on traffic for as long as possible. Don't worry. Success and ambition will win out.

Absolutely, there will be plenty of ugliness in the meantime. The more we see, the fiercer the struggle, so it's a good sign.

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