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Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 days agoPeople criticize, institutions are censored. Protests also do happen infrequently. China is a pretty stable country overall because the system actually works.
nexguy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
People can openly protest the party in control in a city center? They can openly access the world wide internet?
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Yes, and yes. VPNs are accessible. Institutions trying to foment regime change are cracked down, simple protest is not generally.
nexguy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So the internet is openly accrssible… as long as you circumvent government authority? That doesn’t sound like “openly”.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
VPNs are easy to get and are tolerated. The firewall exists to protect Chinese companies from losing in competition to western monopolies, which is important because China desires above all else self-sufficiency and resistance to western disinformation campaigns.