> Sorry but just because an article or opinion piece does not make censorship the central point of an article does not mean it is a piece of propaganda. Very t

> Sorry but just because an article or opinion piece does not make censorship the central point of an article does not mean it is a piece of propaganda. Very true. However, I didn't claim that censorship should be the central point of the article. I simply noted that it was barely mentioned at all. > Rarely have I seen someone go into a lengthy speech about government overreach or free speech. I'm not really sure what this demonstrates -- this can hardly be surprising in a country which provides no way for ordinary citizens to participate in government, has no history of its citizens doing so, and actively discourages them attempting to. That being said, it's certainly believable that freedom is not high on the list of priorities for the average Chinese citizen, but again, I never said that it was. > We should allow people to talk about the Chinese tech ecosystem without having to pay their due to Western audiences in the foreword. Another refutation of a claim that I never made. As to the rest of your post, I agree! I've spent some time in China and was really amazed at how connected it was and how much could be accomplished with just a phone. I was mostly in the cities, but I also went out to the countryside and for the most part everything just worked, and everyone had WeChatPay and AliPay :)