News about Internet companies and their censorship deals are so becoming so common, it's triggering less and less of a reaction. Both Yahoo and Google have reached agreements with their Chinese business partners, and their government liaisons, to block access to sites. Skype's Chinese language client censors "politically sensitive" phrases like Tiananmen Square and Human Rights.
It's easy to become blasé about what's happening in China. It's far away, not a democracy and its peoples have never enjoyed a culture of press freedom or expression.
And, after all, it's not like there's any threat to freedom of expression or access to information closer to home, is there?
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