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I have commented on this issue several times here on HN. I have 3 main points on why censorship can be justified in the context of China: preventing spread of

I have commented on this issue several times here on HN. I have 3 main points on why censorship can be justified in the context of China: preventing spread of rumours, unique culture background which values stability more than anything else, and different stage of development as other countries hence different priorities. Here you can see my comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12934732 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12934732 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11405320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11405320 I wouldn't go into the realm of conspiracies where you have the Western propaganda deliberately destabilizing China for their strategic interests, since they are not backed up with facts.

amasad 10y ago
That's interesting but a bit too general, anything more concrete to read -- a book for example -- to understand what's "unique" and what "different priorities".
- paradite 10y ago
  Here is an interesting piece of research on this topic: http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/censored.pdf?m=1447795312 http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/censored.pdf?m=14... Also, you can use Google Scholar to find those that you are interested: https://scholar.google.com.sg/scholar?hl=en&q=china+censorship&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp= https://scholar.google.com.sg/scholar?hl=en&q=china+censorsh...