> China is getting more free speech That's just not true. The West hoped that would be the case when Xi took charge, but it's gone in the opposite direction si

> China is getting more free speech That's just not true. The West hoped that would be the case when Xi took charge, but it's gone in the opposite direction since then. How many chat apps can you use where the CCP isn't listening in on your conversation? They practice wide scale censorship on their own social media, Western social media sites are blocked, and important sources of information like Wikipedia and the New York Times are blocked too. https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/china https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/china > China’s authoritarian regime has become increasingly repressive in recent years. The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is tightening its control over the media, online speech, religious groups, and civil society associations while undermining already modest rule-of-law reforms.