About 210 million Chinese have Web access and any day now China will have more users than the US. But instead of spreading freedom, the Net has been tamed by Beijing's iron grip
By Jonathan Watts

There were two very different snowstorms that blanketed China in the run-up to Lunar New Year. The first, reported by the state media, was a natural disaster heroically battled by half a million troops and Communist Youth League volunteers. It left 5.8 million people stranded, but the people ultimately prevailed.
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