Community Quote by Evan Osnos

“China has entered an “Age of Sarcasm.” Anywhere outside of state-sponsored parties, entertainment shows, or the comedies and skits on television, China’s rulers and…

— Xiaobo Liu

There are a lot of people that think the Internet is going to bring information and democracy and pluralism in China just by existing.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

“Fortunately, the Internet is a really angry place filled with really angry people, many of whom come positively unglued when not subject to the…

— Dave Tomar

The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions…

— Ai Weiwei

The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is not the…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

“High technology and the Internet, however, have a dark side, as far as China’s leaders are concerned. They now know that the Falun Gong…

— Gordon G. Chang

The Internet has been seen in the West as the quintessential expression of the free exchange of ideas and information, untrammeled by government interference…

— Martin Jacques

I think it may be even a bigger story than the internet. You know, it's like saying, 'how big a deal is the internet?'…

— James Packer

With the internet we are facing more or less a very similar story. It does offer virtually limitless access to entertainment and for many…

— Evgeny Morozov

This is the real tragedy of America's 'Internet freedom agenda': It's going to be the dissidents in China and Iran who will pay for…

— Evgeny Morozov

Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world.…

— Zhang Ziyi

“The internet has become a political space. I think that is one of the most important developments in the past decade.”

— Julian Assange