From the article: "When it comes to the web, China has continually struggled to
choose between its impulse to control things as tightly as possible and its
recognition of web platforms as a powerful way to broadcast its propaganda both
at home and abroad. In the past few years, its apparent strategy has been to
attempt to have its cake and eat it too: to broadcast its own message using all
the Western web channels at its disposal while blocking those channels for
domestic web users. Unfortunately for the government, having your cake and
eating it is impossible, and this policy — if it is continued — will prove to
be an utter failure." Read more
