Self-censorship is not as well developed in China as the US, so unfortunately goverment as to step in. Of course they would much prefer nobody reads English in China, so they can allow access to Wikipedia all they want and nobody would ever visit it... similar me how nobody here ever look up on CCTV's website.
Its funny how those "researchers" concluded the firewall was intended for "fear", if you even lived in China for longer than a month you would know people there fear talking about politics in public as much as you fear UFO will abduct you. Law enforcement in China is, I'm afraid, no where as sophicated as your DHS. One thing about authoritarian system is, well, the goverment simply don't care as much about PR yours, there's not as much need to invest in the politics of fear.
Besides, not many people mind being blocked out of websites they don't understand anyway, they prefer being lifted out of poverty to the freedom US imposed "democracies" in the Middle East enjoy, where, if you were able to sell enough organs to buy a computer, you just may be able to visit FOX News' website.
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Self-censorship is not as well developed in China as the US, so unfortunately goverment as to step in. Of course they would much prefer nobody reads English in China, so they can allow access to Wikipedia all they want and nobody would ever visit it... similar me how nobody here ever look up on CCTV's website. Its funny how those "researchers" concluded the firewall was intended for "fear", if you even lived in China for longer than a month you would know people there fear talking about politics in public as much as you fear UFO will abduct you. Law enforcement in China is, I'm afraid, no where as sophicated as your DHS. One thing about authoritarian system is, well, the goverment simply don't care as much about PR yours, there's not as much need to invest in the politics of fear. Besides, not many people mind being blocked out of websites they don't understand anyway, they prefer being lifted out of poverty to the freedom US imposed "democracies" in the Middle East enjoy, where, if you were able to sell enough organs to buy a computer, you just may be able to visit FOX News' website.