China’s internet warriors going to battle over Hong Kong
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#2I'd feel differently if this were Chinese citizens of their own free will exercising their inalienable human rights and freedom of expression by making a case to the world, but no, it isn't.
Re: China’s internet warriors going to battle over Hong Kong
#3Just take a look at the articles comments...
Re: China’s internet warriors going to battle over Hong Kong
#4I'd feel differently if this were Chinese citizens of their own free will exercising their inalienable human rights and freedom of expression by making a case to the world, but no, it isn't.
Usually it's a mixture.
Same thing happens in the West, except in the West it's usually NGOs instead of governments themselves.
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#5Surely there's got to be _some_ cognitive dissonance in having to evade your own country's censorship to spread your defense of it?
Re: China’s internet warriors going to battle over Hong Kong
#6I'd feel differently if this were Chinese citizens of their own free will exercising their inalienable human rights and freedom of expression by making a case to the world, but no, it isn't.
>Chinese citizens of their own free will
I don't know if there are government sponsored campaigns, but the vast majority of these people are acting spontaneously, you can see people on Weibo sharing how to register western social media and what to do if suspended, there are Baidu Tiebas(similar to Google+) dedicated to these coordinated campaigns with millions of followers.
The reality is the vast majority of China support the CCP, and most of them do not hate the regime.
Re: China’s internet warriors going to battle over Hong Kong
#7I'd feel differently if this were Chinese citizens of their own free will exercising their inalienable human rights and freedom of expression by making a case to the world, but no, it isn't.
>Chinese citizens of their own free will I don't know if there are government sponsored campaigns, but the vast majority of these people are acting spontaneously, you can see people on Weibo sharing how to register western social media and what to do if suspended, there are Baidu Tiebas(similar to Google+) dedicated to these coordinated campaigns with millions of followers. The reality is the vast majority of China s…
What’s really interesting is if you go back to 2008-ish, when China hosted the Summer Olympics, the majority of people on Internet were either against the government or VERY against the government.
It is debatable what has caused the sentiment change but I think China’s economic growth over the past decade played a huge part. How the general Chinese people view the Western and their democratic system has changed is another major factor.