China has taken moves to relax internet restrictions - somewhat. For example, the Chinese government isn't enforcing complete lack of access to Wikipedia, only access to politically sensitive issues like "Tibet" or "Tiananmen Square."
But the deeper question is why? What prompted the notoriously paranoid government to make this move? As it turns out, officials from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) pressured them into making the loosening their reins.
They told them that too much internet blocking "would reflect very poorly" on China during the upcoming Olympic games. So, enjoy your surfing now, comrades; the party's over once the games are over and the athletes have packed up their medals.
At some point, the Chinese are going to have to make up their minds which way to go. Either go with the rest of the world or remain in an oppressive mindset. Ironically, the country which claims to revere communism is actually embracing capitalism. Money talks, bovine excrement walks.
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