A Stitch in Haste

China Telecom is blocking VoIP technology:

Customers in China have reported to news sources that they are unable to use the SkypeOut service to call standard telephones, although computer-to-computer services seem unaffected.
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The service is not offered in mainland China because VoIP services are not permitted there, but some users have registered for SkypeOut outside of China to use it in the country.
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Although China often has been criticized for limiting technology use because it wants to limit discussion among dissidents, it is more likely that China Telecom is blocking Skype because of commercial rather than political reasons.

"Commercial rather than political reasons"? The Chinese government owns 72% of China Telecom. In China, the commercial is the political.

As I've said elsewhere, that's a mighty bizarre form of "capitalism."

And besides: would we, as capitalists, somehow be less indignant if this maneuver were meant solely to suppress dissidents?

That's an even more bizarre form of "capitalism."