in the states, and granted each country has their own ways. But ultimately, China censoring it's people is a form of national security. There are maybe 400 million people max here in the US (illegal and legal) and there are times even today (Health Care Reform) that I feel like a revolution is coming. Democrats, republicans, conservatives, liberals. It is not easy being a democratic power in the world community, everyone wants their cake and to eat it too. My point is simply, now imagine all the issues we have with america and multiply that population by 3. That is China. To ease the human rights censorship and to bring China into an era of FREEDOM, it has to be done slowly. You cannot just give repressed people freedom and expect them to do right. Think of the issues that black slaves had when they first became freed. China knows this and will take all measure to ensure it's power, not only for personal gain but to keep the country whole. For the human rights advocists who say twell to bad, that's the price of freedom, the price is millions of chinese deaths. Unfortunately, in a modern world and a highly intellectually based country, there is a better way. 2.) China and US will -never- see eye to eye on their basic fundamental principles. But you also have to understand, communist Russia, Communist Cuba, Communist N. Korea is -NOT- the same as Communist China. For those that are highly educated,