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China’s web censors go into overdrive as President Xi Jinping consolidates power

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Re: China’s web censors go into overdrive as President Xi Jinping consolidates power

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Post by kevin_b_er »

cryptoz wrote: post #8

> "I don’t agree"...phrases banned... Wait, so you can't say "I don't agree with term limits" in China on Weibo? Edit: Removed comment about Google.

They don't care. Authoritarian banning of conversations that might criticize their new dictator is better than letting anything through.

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Post by tonylinn80 »

eddieplan9 wrote: post #9

Many sites hosted outside of China that Chinese expats frequent (like http://mitbbs.com ) have also been flooded with pro-amendment messages. Google Translate of the site: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&...

Not surprising at all. In fact, many of the Chinese expats (visitors of mitbbs.com) are pro-china in general. They become less agreeing to western values after spending years in US. (I am one of those examples myself)

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

I could go downtown tonight, stand on the street corner, and shout "F--- the president!" at the top of my lungs. What would happen? I might get dirty looks. I might get some people shaking my hand. And I might - might - get an angry tweet from the president. I probably would not get either arrested or beaten up. (And this isn't a political statement. I could have done the same under the previous president, with the same results except for the tweet.)

China's touchiness on these matters reveals the Communist Party's insecurity.

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Post by Abundnce10 »

tonylinn80 wrote: post #14
eddieplan9 wrote: post #9

Many sites hosted outside of China that Chinese expats frequent (like http://mitbbs.com ) have also been flooded with pro-amendment messages. Google Translate of the site: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&...

Not surprising at all. In fact, many of the Chinese expats (visitors of mitbbs.com) are pro-china in general. They become less agreeing to western values after spending years in US. (I am one of those examples myself)

> They become less agreeing to western values after spending years in US. (I am one of those examples myself)

Can you explain which values you're referring to and why you don't agree with them?

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Post by gigatexal »

I hope that in my lifetime we see a revolution in China that overthrows the current authoritarian state and things like the great firewall and quasi-private/state run agencies go the way of the dodo bird.

Unfortunately I don't see big American companies doing anything but continuing to court China and their growing class of wealthy consumers.

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Post by ilamont »

I have one Chinese friend who employs a double entendre, calling him "Xitler"

In all seriousness, this is a black period for Chinese people and China's neighbors. The fledgling democracy in Hong Kong, and democratic nations around China's periphery including Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, and India should be very wary dealing with a strongman who will stop at nothing to further his power and nationalism-focused legacy.

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Post by briga »

From the outside looking in it seems like Xi has been doing a great job leading China. Are there any serious contenders for Chinese leadership like Navalny in Russia?

Not to mention that historically there have been many excellent leaders who rules for decades. An arbitrary term limit can be useful to prevent corruption, but it's also the reason for the fiasco that is Washington in 2018.

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