China Bans Online Bible Sales as It Tightens Religious Controls
Another sign (among many) that China is preparing for significant social unrest and probably global instability. I suspect the CCP has concluded that a rebalancing of its economy is inevitable, close at hand, and will be painful for most Chinese. The scale of China&#x27;s challenge, maintaining order in a nation of its size, guarantees there will be overreach.<p>I thought we might see mesh-networking emerge in Iran as a means for protestors to organize and communicate. Didn&#x27;t happen. Now I think there&#x27;s a pretty good chance China&#x27;s restrictive communications networks are going to result in some real innovation in ad-hoc networking and covert communication as the months and years progress. The next Twitter may be found among USB keys embedded in brick walls, or rogue routers covertly attached to outlets in public bathrooms.<p>Ironically, the outcome would be better for all concerned if China allowed the debate and unrest to play itself out and impact policy. History proves bottoms-up accountability delivers much better outcomes than top-down oversight.