> My second thought is how badly Chinese communism must be doing that they need such a massive effort in order to prevent their citizens from accessing informat

> My second thought is how badly Chinese communism must be doing that they need such a massive effort in order to prevent their citizens from accessing information and voicing dissent. I don't quite understand why the first impulse is that it covers up government incompetence. There are other incentives for mass social control of discourse and information.