JOHN OSBURG

Today, the Chinese government blocks websites and search results with the so called Great Firewall, an army of censors deletes articles and comments deemed politically sensitive, and legions of government-sponsored Internet users steer online sentiment in the government’s favor by posting pro-Communist Party and nationalist comments in discussion forums.

Farmers who left the countryside for China’s cities and factory towns starting in the late 1980s now have children who dream of earning college degrees and landing white collar jobs.

China’s educational system has fed the country’s youth a steady diet of patriotism to ward off rebellious thoughts. But such measures appear almost redundant since many young Chinese seem more interested in buying i-phones and Louis Vuitton products than in fighting for democratic change.

China’s educational system has fed the country’s youth a steady diet of patriotism to ward off rebellious thoughts. But such measures appear almost redundant since many young Chinese seem more interested in buying i-phones and Louis Vuitton products than in fighting for democratic change.

Farmers who left the countryside for China’s cities and factory towns starting in the late 1980s now have children who dream of earning college degrees and landing white collar jobs.

Today, the Chinese government blocks websites and search results with the so called Great Firewall, an army of censors deletes articles and comments deemed politically sensitive, and legions of government-sponsored Internet users steer online sentiment in the government’s favor by posting pro-Communist Party and nationalist comments in discussion forums.