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The Great Firewall of China Faces Challenge During Olympics

It is not a communist state, but a Leninist state. One party, the Chinese communist party, controls all state apparatus and monopolize all major enterprises. The post-Mao era leaderships are all progressive reformists. The first generation leadership of Hu and Zhao, was toppled in Tian An Men Square incidence in June 4, 1989 by the conservative communist establishment. The old guard once attempted at Zhao's life by staging a land-slide in Sichuan province where he was very active reformer before being called to serve in the central government. They are progressive reformists, but they could not move the bureaucratic communist establishment. The current leader Hu Jintao is also a progressive reformist installed by Deng Xiaopin and Hu Yaoban. He is fully aware of the inefficiency and corruption in the communist apparatus, but very cautious in dealing with the old guards. In order to preserve stability, Olympic game actually hinders the pace of political, economic and judicial reform. Politically, it is still a dictatorship, but Mao-style dictatorship is probably gone forever.

China's Telecom Reform: The Sound and the Fury

China refuses to pay for the patent of 3G and are developing their own 3Gx, therefore the technology is very slow in coming. China should be encouraged to abandon their ambition.