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In a way, I think we are.

...a domestic company doing the same quasi-legal activity, in a country that many describe as embodying neo-mercantilism. I don't see things ending well for Uber.

Well, the law about dog height is a different than the censorship issue. Chen is suing over the censorship of his post. The dog law is only a law in Beijing; censorship is a National/Party issue.

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And strictly speaking, we don't know whether his posting was actually removed by somebody who was a member of any government or indeed the Communist Party. In fact, the most likely scenario is that some employee at whichever web-hosting company runs the blog saw some reference to Beijing's local government and automatically deleted the post without even reading it further.

From TFA:

When [the post] was taken down, Chen in effect sued his own Web site. Although Chen knew the Internet host was acting on orders from a "black hand," or censor, legally his target had to be the host organization that physically knocked him off, he said.

"They explained. It's not their fault, and I understand that," he said.

I guess we can now argue about whether the host is passing the buck onto the government, but there isn't much reason to not believe them. It isn't like the Chinese government isn't known for overreacting over online criticism.

So how can this become 'a bold challenge' that illustrates that 'some of China's educated elite may be growing impatient with a one-party authoritarian system'?

From TFA again:

As far as is known, Chen's filing, at the Xicheng District Court in central Beijing, marked only the second time that a Chinese citizen has gone to court over party censorship.

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Chen, 65, a retired Commerce Ministry official and U.N. Development Program accountant

Being the second to challenge the government of a state known to not take kindly to dissent is pretty bold. And based on Chen's resume he sounds like an educated guy. Want to debate about whether he's 1337 or not?