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> How is not censoring and being banned any more productive than the status quo? It lets the Chinese Communist Party pretend their citizens don't live in a cur
by slumdev 5y ago
> How is not censoring and being banned any more productive than the status quo?
It lets the Chinese Communist Party pretend their citizens don't live in a curated bubble designed to reinforce feelings of nationalism and loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party.
Some Chinese are allowed to travel abroad. If they discovered a totally different Internet abroad, they might start asking uncomfortable questions back home. Instead, CCP bosses hope that they simply won't notice that the domestic Bing isn't the same as Bing everywhere else.
- rossjudson 5y agoYour use of the word "hope" there is pretty funny. ;) I am quite sure that Chinese people travelling abroad are 100% familiar with what they should not talk or write about once they get home.
- slumdev 5y agoYeah, I think very few are under any logical or intellectual delusion, but constant reinforcement and signaling affects everyone subconsciously.
- ralph84 5y agoYou don't need to qualify that with "once they get home". Chinese who talk or write about the wrong things will be hunted down wherever they are in the world. China managed to get the UAE to detain a US permanent resident for almost two months when he was traveling from Istanbul to New York with a connection in Dubai. https://apnews.com/article/europe-china-dubai-middle-east-health-970442d55373971b724e35828b5b61a4 https://apnews.com/article/europe-china-dubai-middle-east-he...
- colinmhayes 5y agoChinese people understand that their internet is censored.
- monksy 5y agoDon't worry they won't let people stray that much: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius_Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius_Institute Also, they tend to have family back home that can be pressured.