You want Tibet? China Daily wants the Moon.

As largely unreported in the MSM, China now has more people online than anywhere else, say reports, all licensed and blocked from state-listed content with a happy, happy virtual Block Leaders, chiding and encouraging cooperation in fingering neighbors who may be using increasingly filtered P2P tunneling, etc., to bypass the virtual police.

Meanwhile, as a full-scale insurrection continues in Tibet, with unknown numbers of casualties, the Party is preparing a measured response. (Scale unknown) to "maintain its sovereignty over the nation occupied by the PRC more than forty years ago.

Chinese Daily is thinking of their thousand year dream of occupying the Moon, however, and discussing their official schedule earlier today HERE.

"With the unveiling of the first picture of the moon surface taken by Chang'e 1 – China's first lunar probe – by Premier Wen Jiabao at the end of last year, the 1,000-year-old Chinese dream of flying to the Moon is materializing.

The lunar probe is the third milestone in China's space exploration, following the success of man-made satellites and manned space flights. The achievements not only manifested China's rising national strength and technical innovation; but also elevated the country's international status and cemented national cohesion.

According to Luan Enjie, chief commander of China's Lunar Probe Project, China would continue to use major scientific and technological projects as a "tractive force" to drive along research and development as well as the application of new technologies. He believed that core technologies can not be bought. On the other hand, Chinese technicians have invented and grasped great core technologies through participating in the lunar probe project; and achieved 100 percent quality assurance on design and manufacturing tests.Regarding self-reliance in the development and innovation of core technologies, Premier Wen has also encouraged technicians to strive for exploration and pursue technical innovations in a scientific and integrated manner. "