To your first point: When considering issues of liberty we must examine not what is <i>possible</i> but what is considered within the rights of the Chinese citizen. What I mean is, while it may be <i>possible</i> to get all sorts of censored information from within China, that can't be considered freedom when the risks are so great.<p>That would be like saying that because it is easy to buy a handgun illegal on the black market, it's fine for the government to make gun ownership illegal.<p>To your other points, you do have some great facts and observations. I certainly agree with the point about stability, however it might be worth temporary instability to achieve long term freedom and human rights.