Sorry about following your OT here, but it's a very interesting thought - That the great firewall might be a factor in over-representing the uniqueness of your

Sorry about following your OT here, but it's a very interesting thought - That the great firewall might be a factor in over-representing the uniqueness of your own work if prior art is censored from your view. This reminds me of a video I saw a while back where they showed Chinese students the iconic "man in front of a line of tanks" picture and they failed to recognize it. I wonder whether irony will eat itself in the future - maybe some "capitalist" country will decide to use tanks on its people and they will try to stop it with a human shield. Cue "look at the failure of capitalism - using tanks on their own people who bravely stand up to it!" comments from Chinas statesmen. Shielding your citizens from material that encourages dissenting thought is a cute plan, but you may end up making them look like fools on the international stage.