China’s Surveillance State Will Test the West

It seems difficult to even have a discussion about CCP China in an open speech framework found outside of CCP China. The HN moderation on anything related to CCP China highlights this point [0]. If you cannot properly talk about the institutional challenges, you certainly cannot respond to them.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/chinamod

Censorship results in Preference Falsification, but doesn't actually effect change in the true preferences. It just makes them more subtle, and off the radar of officialdom.