Ability Quote by Rebecca MacKinnon

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

— Bill Gates

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

The way business is conducted on a governmental and legal aspect is completely different in China. The idea for us to have Facebook or…

— Josh Barnett

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

Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is…

— Tom Lantos

[The Internet] ... is an amazing communications tool that's bringing the whole world together. I mean, you sit down to sign on to America…

— Dennis Miller

[On Chinese Internet,] freedom is a targeted and precise window.

— Michael Anti

Chinese national Internet policy is very simple: Block and clone.

— Michael Anti

While the Internet is censored in China, the censorship is allowing a level of speech to take place that's unprecedented.

— Ethan Zuckerman

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

So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police.

— Tom Lantos

In our age of digital connection and constantly online life, you might say that two political regimes are evolving, one Chinese and one Western,…

— Ross Douthat