Ever since China flung open its gates to capitalism, demand from a population of more than one-billion Chinese for information and entertainment has become increasingly sharp. Add to that WTO membership, which has hastened the opening of China's markets, and all the big global media groups are casting covetous eyes upon the unlimited business opportunities inherent in this, the "last line of defense" left to the communist authorities.
大陸向資本主義敞開大門後，中國十幾億人口對國際資訊與娛樂的需求已愈為渴切，加上 WTO 催促著市場開放，世界各大媒體集團皆躍躍欲試於中共當局「最後一道防線」背後所隱含的無窮商機。