Updated Dec. 31, 2012 at 7:36 a.m.
China's Internet firewall thickens
New York — Analysis: In many parts of the world (with some notable exceptions), we have come to count breathable air and unfettered Internet access among basic human conveniences, alongside indoor plumbing and access to education. That's why it is so jarring and disorienting to suddenly lose them in Beijing to man-made forces of breakneck industrialization and censorship. No amount of reading or hearing about Beijing's air pollution and the Great Firewall, as the system of Internet censorship is inevitably known, is enough to prepare you to deal with them....
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China's Internet firewall thickens
New York — Analysis: In many parts of the world (with some notable exceptions), we have come to count breathable air and unfettered Internet access among basic human conveniences, alongside indoor plumbing and access to education. That's why it is so jarring and disorienting to suddenly lose them in Beijing to man-made forces of breakneck industrialization and censorship. No amount of reading or hearing about Beijing's air pollution and the Great Firewall, as the system of Internet censorship is inevitably known, is enough to prepare you to deal with them....
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