H.L. Mencken quipped that a good citizen is "simply one who never says, does, or thinks anything that is unusual" -- and he didn't even live to see the work being done by the Shanghai Information Network Security Association.
10 years ago, the scuttlebutt among foreign "experts" was that the combination of rapid economic growth and advancements in personal technology could not help but profoundly change China's political system. That may still happen, but the CCP has shown remarkable adaptability and a dogged determination to police the Internet (which is not to say that the Public Security Bureau is above traditional means of intimidation and variations thereof).
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