With the Chinese government employing more than 50,000 censors to monitor the Internet for politically deviant opinion, bloggers are using humor and satire to get their message across before the censors close in.
There is always a strong element of fear and uncertainty for the bloggers as they never know where the line is between the acceptable satire and a criminal offense. -db
From a feature in The New York Times Magazine, October 26, 2011, by Brook Larmer.