After a recent speech made by Hu Jintao claiming that more freedom would be available for the Chinese populous in the near future, the 'great firewall' of China seems to have shrunk significantly.
As of this morning sites like Digg, Youtube, and Collegehumor now available to anyone on the net in China. Restrictions remain, Google news and wikipedia are still blocked but this bodes well for the future.
My brother Matthew who has been living in Shanghai for the last few months confirmed the new web freedom. Though, like many other tech savvy westerners in China he has found ways to circumvent the restrictions. One can only assume that portions of the Chinese citizenry have also found these holes in the wall.
From his experience, most young people in china are aware of the sites they can't visit and find the restriction embarrassing.
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