China has more Internet monitors than soldiers.

I'm not sure what to make of this, if indeed it is true. One or more of:

1. China keeps a tight reign on its populace, or at least on popular opinion.

2. China needs to employ a whole lot middle-management types.

3. It's cheaper to censor debate that it is to have debate.

4. Censorable debate isn't necessarily or even very often criminal in China - if the USA censored something, the author(s) would likely end up in jail.

5. This is the future of The Rest of The Internet.