Lot of discussion here, but no one is really defending the Chinese government's actions and its general policies on academic freedom. That's because they are ba

Lot of discussion here, but no one is really defending the Chinese government's actions and its general policies on academic freedom. That's because they are basically indefensible. You know, the Chinese government tells us that its people are strongly united behind it, except for a few dissidents. But its actions are those of a government that is scared to death much of its population opposes it, or at least supports it very weakly.