Well, the seed (of freely-flowing info) has been planted. It reminds me of 12-15 years ago, when computers were still a minority hobby, and only in 25% of US homes. Back then most "casual", non-tech folks signed up with AOL, which censored content pretty heavily. After a year or so of living in AOL's "Walled Garden", people would gradually become aware that there was more "out there", and developed a thirst for it.

AOL was not the government (though there were some conspiracy theories about that), but the effect was similar, I think: people will naturally tend to seek and find more info, including info that contradicts what they've been fed.

China will come along. Kicking and screaming maybe; but it will come along. Its citizens will demand it, having had a taste.