From 'rice bunny' to 'back up the car': China's year of censorship

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1. They are trying to create an alternate reality with the intent to protect self interests.

That never ends well. It's an ideological clash with reality. Human culture is a living entity that can be suppressed for only so long. When it comes to controlling information, protection should be focused on weeding out or exposing lies, not hiding the truth. We can only make intelligent decisions if we have good information to rely upon. We don't need others to tell us what we are "allowed" to hear or read. Government vigil should be about making sure that information is as good as possible, not about hiding the truth from people. That destroys government credibility.