And you've gotten my exact point. It may also surprise you how local China's suppression is. I'm well aware that India isn't one monolithic government (nor any

And you've gotten my exact point. It may also surprise you how local China's suppression is. I'm well aware that India isn't one monolithic government (nor any other country) - I'm pointing out the exact point in OP. For example, the many human rights abuses related to enforcing the one-child policy - forced abortions, confiscation of property, etc. If you actually look at them you will realize that the bulk of it originates in local government. Much of China's most galling, shocking abuses come from the minds of local politicians, rather than by central dictat. The rampant nepotism and corruption in the Chinese government is largely an expression of just how little control its central authorities have over their localized branches. Moral comparisons between countries is usually ill-advised for this exact reason. This sort of baseless moral superiority bugs me - India is not nearly as far from China as OP seems to think it is, at least when it comes to online freedoms.