What's Behind the Outlawed Rumors

The Shanghai Free Trade Zone was recently launched. The measure is commonly regarded as an attempt by the leadership of the Communist Party to further economic reform, which has slowed over the past decade. It is also part of what policymakers call 'walking on two legs." Trying to deepen stagnant economic reform is one leg. The other is clamping down on heretical ideas. While the government's tight grip on books and magazines remains, the Internet has become the latest major battlefield of this "second leg."