yeah man, good thing china is shielding its people from the history massacre at tiananmen square or the random killing of people who disagree with the government.
and how about even being unable to speak about how much of a womanizer (and thus a hypocrite) mao was because you fear for your life.
how would any of that make china vulnerable economically to the west? i mean they're already doing a good job of that themselves.
imagine if you couldn't make a joke about bill clinton, or had to worry about trump killing you if he was elected president. i would rather china get "influenced" by the west than continue going that route.
edit: how does limiting the information of your citizens allowing them to make rational decisions? it doesn't.
uhm, no? you are free and open to say MLK was a womanizer. like literally right now you are allowed to post this onto HN with no repercussions to your well being. try printing that mao was a womanizer in a chinese newspaper.
and how about even being unable to speak about how much of a womanizer (and thus a hypocrite) mao was because you fear for your life.
how would any of that make china vulnerable economically to the west? i mean they're already doing a good job of that themselves.
imagine if you couldn't make a joke about bill clinton, or had to worry about trump killing you if he was elected president. i would rather china get "influenced" by the west than continue going that route.
edit: how does limiting the information of your citizens allowing them to make rational decisions? it doesn't.