I see your point. From what I understand though, your point contradicts a western study on Chinese censorship. This study was even featured in HN some time ago.

I see your point. From what I understand though, your point contradicts a western study on Chinese censorship. This study was even featured in HN some time ago. The study states that censorship's goal is to limit controversy and to limit the ability of people to rally together, independent of whether the topic at hand is pro-government or anti-government. The censorship censored pro-government messages as well as anti-government messages: the only thing that mattered was whether it had the potential for lots of people to gather for activism. This is not a criticism of your comment. I am truly curious about what you think of that study, and how that fits in this situation.