internet - A balanced view from the US

"The Internet may not force the Chinese government to hold open elections to replace President Hu Jintao when he retires, but it will inevitably lead to greater access to information. While the picture may still be bleak today, there is hope for the future. Chinese people are beginning to push against the government online, and the government is beginning to relent in pushing back." The closing remarks in a rather balanced piece in the Internet in China in the Columbia Political Review.
That is refreshing as the subject is mostly presented in less balanced ways: as a way to get general elections in China tomorrow, or as the illustration of the brutal deeds of a regime that is otherwise fighting their brave citizens.