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Re:Chinese government blocks Google.com, Gmail, Google+, Map... by taf2 on Friday November 09, 2012 @03:36PM (#4764629)
to a point... enough economic pressure will eventually trigger revolution... or can at least make it very unpleasant for the government to continue it's ridiculous position
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Re:Chinese government blocks Google.com, Gmail, Google+, Map... by jlgreco on Friday November 09, 2012 @04:09PM (#4764757)
How is that working out with Cuba?
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Re:Chinese government blocks Google.com, Gmail, Google+, Map... by smokeyj on Friday November 09, 2012 @03:39PM (#4764646)
> eventually trigger revolution.

These are the Chinese we're talking about..

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Re:Chinese government blocks Google.com, Gmail, Google+, Map... by seanmcdirmid on Friday November 09, 2012 @03:54PM (#4764693)
The government is corrupt enough that they might as well could trigger a revolution themselves someday. Interference from us would hardly matter.
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Re:Chinese government blocks Google.com, Gmail, Google+, Map... by scarmig on Friday November 09, 2012 @04:37PM (#4764839)
If anything, interference in Chinese domestic matters would solidify the ruling oligarchy's dominance.
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Re:Chinese government blocks Google.com, Gmail, Google+, Map... by creativityland on Friday November 09, 2012 @03:57PM (#4764715)
Just a few to note: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Revolution
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Re:Chinese government blocks Google.com, Gmail, Google+, Map... by seanmcdirmid on Friday November 09, 2012 @09:19PM (#4765693)
Anyone starting a revolution now would technically be labelled as a counter-revolutionary (this is the terminology they use at least).
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Re:Chinese government blocks Google.com, Gmail, Google+, Map... by dobro on Friday November 09, 2012 @07:22PM (#4765395)
>These are the Chinese we're talking about..

Is this supposed to mean that the Chinese are too tame and subservient?

They already had a huge communist revolution -- and two more revolutions in the last 120 years (the Boxer and the Hsin-hai Revolution). Even the last 2-3 decades, they had massive strikes and struggles, and the Tien-An Men square thing.

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Re:Chinese government blocks Google.com, Gmail, Google+, Map... by pcrh on Friday November 09, 2012 @04:56PM (#4764897)
The economic pressure has to be on the people in power, not the man on the street. I doubt those in power are suffering.
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