The Chinese Want Censorship
Here’s an angle I’ve never heard before: Why the people of China WANT censorship. In his article, he writes:
Nationalistic pride, mixed with a feeling of racial superiority, mixed with the idea that the government is never wrong, mixed with saving face… It is a scary/irritating situation I live with every day. […] When censorship happens, it is not so much the government controlling the people, as it is 1.3 billion people putting their fingers in their ears and saying “Mmmmmm!!!!! I can’t HEAR youuuu!” Not only are conflicting ideas censored, but any negative events or occurrences within China.
It’s a good read, go check it out! While you’re at it, you might also want to read the thesis that Chinese people are naturally superior and hard-working, so SE Asian countries with high numbers of Chinese are naturally more prosperous. I’m not sure that I believe that one…
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on September 4th, 2006 at 1:44 am
[…] Going through my regular blog feed read, I started off with a read about "why people in China want censorship" (found through Asia Blog) : A certain evolution has happened when it comes to questioning the government in China: From the old fear of “government wrath” (1950’s & 1960’s (and resurgence in the early 90’s)), to…Never questioning (1970’s & 1980’s), to… Acceptance (1990’s), to… Belief that it is right (today). […] […]
on October 5th, 2006 at 7:25 pm
I have always been of the belief that China and India should have a war. There are a lot of fresh mouths on both sides of the mountain.
I must say that the Chiense culture is very deep and China’s takeover of Tibet was within the laws of Nautre. Tibet gains more by integrating with China. Other option including creating a Nepal or Bhutan sized country for the 10 million Tibetians.
on October 5th, 2006 at 7:35 pm
I have found that nature has a way of cleaning up the mess and it is called war. It happens about every 25 years, lasting about a year, followed by decades of peace.