FR China is born. In other words, what the article is saying is that reporting of the event by individuals provided more and faster news than regular channels...just like here on FR.
Now I am sure there are some that will say, it can’t be so. It is all just a Chinese plot...
I hope so. IIRC Jim started FR after kicking around on CompuServe in the late 80's early 90's, and it took a while for it to build -- for which I and a lot of others are grateful. But bear in mind, we're in a free society compared to the very restrictive world-wide internet. China does and can block content and/or access at any time for any reason, but they can't keep it all out. Just like DU; the CCP will try to slither in, but I think most will glom onto them fairly quickly.