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Western media intends to portrait "china" as one single top-down entity, but as a matter of fact it's not. There are thousands of bureaucratic federal or local
by est 9y ago
Western media intends to portrait "china" as one single top-down entity, but as a matter of fact it's not.
There are thousands of bureaucratic federal or local government branches can start an Internet crackdown.
The whole "anti-gay" nonscence might came from a office clerk smashing his head for April KPI campaigns and baidu'd for random shit to block and passed through the chain of command. That's it.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoThat doesn't really make it better.
- darawk 9y agoIn fact i'd say it makes it worse.
- est 9y agoAnother fun fact: censorship is a business in China. Profitable, lucrative, serious business. Every branch of government want its own little kill-switch button. e.g. 舆情系统. Lobbyist plays a key roll in all this.
- dlwdlw 9y agoIsn't it the robustness of distributed power rather than the benign dictatorship that turns ugly due to too much centralized power during leadership changes?
- jamesrcole 9y ago> Western media intends to portrait "china" as one single top-down entity, but as a matter of fact it's not. Are you saying this article does that? I don't see anything in it that does. Can you quote me anything in it that does? > There are thousands of bureaucratic federal or local government branches can start an Internet crackdown. You seem to be wanting to imply that this precludes the existence of attempts that come from a higher level.
- est 9y ago> precludes the existence of attempts that come from a higher level They do exist, but 80% cases you see online is not. There's big rule is 属地原则 which topics online must be traced back to its geographical local agency to manage. Actions taken by central government exists but just rare. e.g. 严打.
- intopieces 9y agoYour post contains Chinese that most people here cannot read. Care to explain?