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It doesn't work that way. For example, from http://gking.harvard.edu/publications/how-Censorship-China-Allows-Government-Criticism-Silences-Collective-Expressi
by shaobo 11y ago
It doesn't work that way.
For example, from http://gking.harvard.edu/publications/how-Censorship-China-Allows-Government-Criticism-Silences-Collective-Expression http://gking.harvard.edu/publications/how-Censorship-China-A...
"Contrary to previous understandings, posts with negative, even vitriolic, criticism of the state, its leaders, and its policies are not more likely to be censored. Instead, we show that the censorship program is aimed at curtailing collective action by silencing comments that represent, reinforce, or spur social mobilization, regardless of content."
- xiaoma 11y agoLooks to me like you've never been active on Weibo or spent much time in China. You'd have to be an idiot to publish media critical of the state at any scale.
- shaobo 11y agoNo I haven't, but if you have the data to show otherwise, then by all means write it up.
- xiaoma 11y agoDo you seriously expect the PRC to publish pristine data on on arrests or executions related to anti-state speech or activities?
- shaobo 11y agoNo, but there is also a wide spectrum of opinion/speech available in China between anti-state and pro-state. The point I am trying to make is that people think China is a smidgen way from North Korea, when the actual difference is night and day.
- hackuser 11y agoIn the last month, off the top of my head: * Mass arrests of human rights attorneys and dissidents: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/world/asia/china-arrests-human-rights-lawyers-zhou-shifeng.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/world/asia/china-arrests-h... * Online political dissent shut down: http://www.afr.com/technology/social-media/how-china-stopped-its-bloggers-20150701-gi34za http://www.afr.com/technology/social-media/how-china-stopped...
- shaobo 11y agoNo one is saying that there is no censorship or repression, but rather it works differently than most people think it does. Though I will concede that the paper is quite a few years out of date. The point I was trying to make is that, a sweeping statement such as "Anything that is published in China, by definition is representative of the opinions of the Party.", simply isn't true. It is not even true for the mainstream media, nevermind a work of fiction.