internet - The end of the firewall ?

The much-discussed Chinese firewall in the internet has been a highly symbolic barrier to keep information from the outside world away. Experienced users would need between ten and thirty seconds to go around the blocks, and it belonged to the first lessons students would get at university.
With the new proxy in place we do not need to yell to Google and others that the emperor is wearing no clothes. What is next? I see two possible scenario's.
Option one, our filter boys and girls acknowledge the fact that blocking the internet is impossible, give up and let it go. Then the Chinese firewall would be gone and that would solve also the increasing problem of the shortage of filtering capacity.
Option two, an arms race will break out between those who filter and those would help us to go around. Efforts will be taken to block the new proxies, new alternatives will come up, and internet traffic will get heavily distorted and again economic damage will be done.
I hope of course for option one, althought that would mean we have to find other subjects to discuss, maybe even more interesting ones. But option two is certainly also a possibility.