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My understanding is that while this is true for political speech and thought, it is not true in other areas. Except where it impinges on politics, academic freedom is encouraged. That's why China is able to support cutting edge research.

The student activists discussed in the article made the mistake of crossing the line into political actions and suffered the consequences. What is terrifying about China is its ability to push the bounds of learning and technology under authoritarian rule, and not just its authoritarian actions.

If you look at the work being actually published there is a lot of volume but not much innovation.

This was so biased I had to stop reading before the end “government-led campaigns to destroy civil society”- are you out of your minds? That is the opposite of what Xi is doing My spouse travels throughout China regularly on business and to many minority group areas.1/2

Their cultures are celebrated and encouraged not repressed I’m not disputing it operates as an authoritarian government but it works for the majority of the people. As in the first comment it is insane to say Xi is trying to destroy civil society - he first and foremost goal IS a civil society.

Xi wants all of civil society to operate under the auspices of the CCP. It "works" for the Han majority but not for the ethnic groups kept on the periphery. They are excluded from the prosperity such as it is.