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Laws can be irrelevant. Hong Kong had freedom of speech in 1997, but it was gradually eroded without any changes to the law, until recently.
by Symbiote 4y ago
Laws can be irrelevant. Hong Kong had freedom of speech in 1997, but it was gradually eroded without any changes to the law, until recently.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoThe People’s Republic of China guarantees freedom of speech in its constitution. However, china doesn’t really do rule of law (the judicial branch has no power to interpret law or rebuke executive application of the law, instead it’s more rule by law), so it is mostly meaningless.