They should enhance their awareness to align their ideology, political thinking and deeds to those of the CPC Central Committee and help fashion the Party’s theories and policies into conscious action by the general public while providing spiritual enrichment to the people

Xi Jinping February 2016.

https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/02/191569/?amp https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/world/asia/china-media-policy-xi-jinping.html

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Your two sources are a NED funded paper and the New York crimes

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Okay now use your words and brain to explain what you just quoted and why it's a problem

[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Taking the quote completely at face value:

So it's now censorship of freedom of expression if the state is not actively sponsoring, advertising, and distributing criticism of itself? I should try writing to NPR about how we need a proletarian party controlling the government so I can say that they've "censored" me when they obviously don't invite me on to talk about it.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

Yes I do, and the fact that Chinese system has shown itself to be flexible and adaptable is proof of that. A system can only evolve effectively when it can be criticized in a way that lead to action. That's how change happens. Western systems are the ones where effective free expression is forbidden, and that's why they've ossified and the ruling class no longer even pretends to care about public opinion.