The key distinction is not that China is more ideological (it's just a different ideology), but rather that they're is a democratic and rule-based foundation to

The key distinction is not that China is more ideological (it's just a different ideology), but rather that they're is a democratic and rule-based foundation to the regulation of free speech. Both the democracy and application of the rules may be flawed at times, but it's the consent (through democratic politics) which makes the situations very different.