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Chinese central government doesn't need to even lead public opinion: it just selectively stops censorship. In other words, just as censorship is a political…

— Michael Anti

I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement..access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.

— Bill Gates

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

China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance. Even my…

— Ai Weiwei

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

Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world…

— Ai Weiwei

If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become…

— Ai Weiwei

Our studies have shown that China's online censorship systems are by far the most sophisticated and extensive in the world.

— John Palfrey

The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about…

— Marilyn Manson

The Chinese government still would like to see U.S. Internet companies explore the Chinese market, providing they are willing to abide by Chinese law.…

— Robin Li

You might be tempted to think that China has a Streisand-effect problem, in which trying to censor an event creates even more publicity. But…

— Zeynep Tufekci

There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government's attitude to the Internet and…

— Rebecca MacKinnon