/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/china-500-million-now-onlineChinese youth at an internet cafe (via BCG report) Not surprisingly the most populated country in the world also has the most Internet users. The Chinese Internet community has now grown to over half a billion due to a sky rocketing popularity o...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/china-500-million-now-onlineTue, 24 Jan 2012 22:03:05 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:4ab41ba4-9e66-4a49-85f7-a390f0155ecbDAB1<p>Hi E,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good point, it was after the Soviets realized that they could no longer control communications among its own people that the government fell.&nbsp; I understand the Chinese government thinks it can do a better job, but the more they try, the more control they will lose.</p><p>It&#39;s like Henry Ford used to say, &quot;Its impossible to make anything fool proof because fool&#39;s are too ingenious.&quot;</p><p>Freedom will not be denied or controlled.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=13303&AppID=45&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">