In China, Battles Over a New Wall

BEIJING – Twenty years after the toppling of the Berlin Wall, another "wall" is facing intense public scrutiny in China.

The so-called Great Firewall of China, the online filtering and surveillance program run by the communist government’s Ministry of Public Security, is alive and well and censoring freedom of expression for millions of Chinese.

But over the past few months, Chinese discontent with the Great Firewall has bubbled over with increasing frequency and fervor.