His remarks were greeted with derision on the Chinese Internet.
Today, he noted, the Chinese characters for his name are blocked on the Chinese Internet.
The Chinese Internet has provided some interesting tactics for the dissemination of news.
Information Is Beautiful cites eighty-nine as one of the words censored on the Chinese Internet.
Still, the Chinese Internet is growing so fast that it is hard for the government to control it.
Indeed, the recent growth of the Chinese Internet suggests that he may even be understating the future.
"These guys at Harvard did a study of the Chinese Internet," Guo said.
Financial regulations will follow soon, officials said, and those rules are expected to restrict in some fashion foreign investment in the Chinese Internet.
On the Chinese Internet, writers posted e-mails in several chat rooms questioning why China was not spending its money at home.
The word 'jasmine' has been banned from the Chinese Internet recently.