The main purpose of Chinese censorship isn’t to keep the truth from being exposed, but to maintain an unquestioning attitude to authority.
The News Lens
Date: 2018/03/26
By: TJ
Credit: REUTERS/Damir Sagol
Chinese-style censorship has always been seen as incredibly absurd in Taiwan.
During the period when Xi Jinping was pushing a constitutional amendment allowing him to stay in office past his expiration date, words such as “emperor,” “lifetime,” the letter “N” and even the name “Xi Jinping” were censored from search engines in China.
Even if Xi disappeared from Baidu search results, people knew he was still there. Citizens couldn’t search for emperors — but they knew that a worrying constitutional amendment was being passed to applause at the National People’s Congress in Beijing.
If the Chinese government were really worried about being overthrown, it obviously couldn’t prevent this with restrictions on speech. [FULL STORY]
