China surveillance (Score 2, Informative)

I have lived in Shanghai for almost a year and have had DSL access for about 7 months. So far, I have not had a single instance of any type of website blocked and I purchased my connection from China Telecom, the state phone/DSL co. I would agree that this is more of a scare tactic than anything else. In any event, most Chinese truly do not care. They consider gov't intrusions as simply part of life. Should be remembered that there is not much of a philosophy of personal privacy anyway in a country of 1.2 b. From my perspective, it is the rare Chinese (who has not lived abroad) who is interested in anything other than money.