ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Israel National News
25February2011 5:00pmEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Coverage of the tumultuous events in the Middle East in the official Chinese press has gone through a few iterations. At first, the policy was no coverage or at best 
laconic coverage. Lately, due to internet postings and official nervousness the tone has changed to ' why it can't happen here' and 'why it must not happen here'.
Anonymous groups have posted comments on Chinese dissident websites outside of China calling for a Jasmine Revolution in China. China's web censors, or what is unlovingly referred to as the "Great Chinese firewall," have managed to keep the site off-limits to most of the population, but where there are geeks there is a way. The wannabe Chinese revolutionaries have denounced the trampling of constitutional rights, the corruption and the cronyism endemic in China.
China's leaders were so alarmed that Chinese President Hu Jintao told party leaders that it was necessary to exert greater control over "virtual society" and provide guidance in "healthy directions". (read full report)
