internet - The cat and mouse game

"The sweeping spread of the Internet across the world and its acceptance by nearly all nations persuaded China to abandon absolute control and introduce censorship schemes. China soon discovered that its attempt to choke the Internet for fear of what it might do to the political establishment clashed with its commitment to open up the economy to foreign investment and trade. The use of the Internet for business, education, government and other purposes had a particulary dampening effect on Chinese enthusiasm to throttle the Internet. Gradually, the usual Chinese pragmatism prevailed and institutional and legal mean of taming the Internet started to take over..."
Part of a summery of an article by professor Assafa Endeshaw, Internet Regulation in China: the never-ending Cat and Mouse game" in Information & Communication Technology Law, Vol. 13, No.1, 2004.
One of the better articles on the Internet in China, but unfortunately only on the internet available for the very creative ones. Very much a shame such a useful analysis on the Internet in China is not freely available, since so much nonsense it being told about it.