Evading Censorship in China

The Wall Street Journal is running an article on the cat and mouse game being played by the Chinese government, in their desperate attempts to maintain control over political discussions and news -- and the extent that the Chinese populace is going to have such discussions. China continues to impose new rules on controlling the discourse of their citizens -- from requiring ISPs and online services to monitor and report on their users, to installing cameras in Internet cafes and having bloggers register themselves in order to continue blogging activities. But that's not stopping the Chinese bent on talking online. They're avoiding government censorship using good old fashion bribery; using servers hosted outside of China; and speaking in code or using image files to distribute conversations. Try as they might, the world has become a smaller place, and China is smack in the middle of it; people need to be free, and they will find a way.