In the end, it won't matter whether the Chinese Communist Party controls routers and deploys DPI scans. It's irrelevant, because lasting change usually comes from WITHIN. In the not too distant past, Eastern Germany suffered a similar fate; people couldn't receive western airwaves, phones were monitored, mail got searched... the 'Stasi' had almost 'the perfect control' setup. And they still collapsed. From within. Ditto for the new arab spring. It's just a matter of time.