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Isaac Mao, a prominent internet commentator, believes the government has made a big mistake: "I think this is the tipping point between the people rising up and those in power trying to suppress them. The great firewall is overloaded and that is why the authorities are trying to move the focus of control to the desktop. But it has annoyed a lot of people. Not just liberals who want free speech but the young who see it as an intrusion into their personal lives."

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"More and more people have accepted 'internet-era values' such as freedom of speech, access to information and participatory democracy," said Michael Anti. "These liberalised people or 'netizens' are changing the social institutions, step by step. In 10 years, more people will be [on the net] which will increase the chance of China having genuine democracy."

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