Why and how is a computer program expressive speech?
A computer program is expressive speech because it was created by a person. Just as a chair, Coat-Rack or Chest are created by people. They both serve purpose (-- have a functional nature) and have an aesthetic quality.
The structure of the code itself may be beautiful, as programmers who look at code are apt to point out. But it is its output that is the art.
To further the above analogy, the grain of the wood in an elegant table is beautiful, as carpenters who look at wood are apt to point out. But it is its form and frame that are its beauty.
It is dangerous to judge a persons creation not to be art, especially if they insist that it is and others agree. And Code is no different, it doesn't have to seem like art, it is seriously consider art by many people and that is all that is needed to protect it as art.
encryption is great for hiding the exact content of your communications, but it will draw lots of attention. if you were to use it I would recommend removing the begin and end tags before and after as the Chinese government is most certainly sophisticated enough to do large keyword searches and that would be one of the things that will set off alarms. in fact the absence of actual words like [in Chinese] the, and [no longer in Chinese] will raise some eyebrows as well. the Chinese government is just as sophisticated as the Canadian and European governments and well near the Americans. don't be fooled by the massive poverty and over all lack of tech that the many people must suffer there. they have so little because the government is a parasite that, instead of feeding its people / supporting an economy where they could feed themselves, buys expensive data surveillance equipment. your best bet, and the negotiation of this code is really the hardest part, is to develop a plaintext communication method that resembles normal meaningless conversation (not devoid of meaning but meaningless in the sense of being very mundane and boring). it must be close enough that it would get past scrutiny. I would suggest routing any mail through a server in a country that is not seen as threatening. this way you would have an excuse for speaking whatever language (choose one that is not common in china (English, French-Canadian, polish, whatever)) so when your messages seem strange and semi-suspicious it will just seem like you have a poor grasp of the language. but remember while this is not strong encryption which is great for thwarting aggressive governments from actually knowing what you are saying and will only get you killed, it can be very hard to crack. the trick is to avoid detection so that you are not scrutinized. as this is impossible because if you send more then three emails you will be scrutinized, the mail must be able to pass the scrutiny. another good option would be to go to a server somewhere the Chinese government will not worry about and hop from there to another server that is in a 'safe' country and do all your business there. don't let data leave that server either. it would totally defeat the idea if you went through all of this and then just transferred all the data back home to china.
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Why and how is a computer program expressive speech? A computer program is expressive speech because it was created by a person. Just as a chair, Coat-Rack or Chest are created by people. They both serve purpose (-- have a functional nature) and have an aesthetic quality. The structure of the code itself may be beautiful, as programmers who look at code are apt to point out. But it is its output that is the art. To further the above analogy, the grain of the wood in an elegant table is beautiful, as carpenters who look at wood are apt to point out. But it is its form and frame that are its beauty. It is dangerous to judge a persons creation not to be art, especially if they insist that it is and others agree. And Code is no different, it doesn't have to seem like art, it is seriously consider art by many people and that is all that is needed to protect it as art.
encryption is great for hiding the exact content of your communications, but it will draw lots of attention. if you were to use it I would recommend removing the begin and end tags before and after as the Chinese government is most certainly sophisticated enough to do large keyword searches and that would be one of the things that will set off alarms. in fact the absence of actual words like [in Chinese] the, and [no longer in Chinese] will raise some eyebrows as well. the Chinese government is just as sophisticated as the Canadian and European governments and well near the Americans. don't be fooled by the massive poverty and over all lack of tech that the many people must suffer there. they have so little because the government is a parasite that, instead of feeding its people / supporting an economy where they could feed themselves, buys expensive data surveillance equipment. your best bet, and the negotiation of this code is really the hardest part, is to develop a plaintext communication method that resembles normal meaningless conversation (not devoid of meaning but meaningless in the sense of being very mundane and boring). it must be close enough that it would get past scrutiny. I would suggest routing any mail through a server in a country that is not seen as threatening. this way you would have an excuse for speaking whatever language (choose one that is not common in china (English, French-Canadian, polish, whatever)) so when your messages seem strange and semi-suspicious it will just seem like you have a poor grasp of the language. but remember while this is not strong encryption which is great for thwarting aggressive governments from actually knowing what you are saying and will only get you killed, it can be very hard to crack. the trick is to avoid detection so that you are not scrutinized. as this is impossible because if you send more then three emails you will be scrutinized, the mail must be able to pass the scrutiny. another good option would be to go to a server somewhere the Chinese government will not worry about and hop from there to another server that is in a 'safe' country and do all your business there. don't let data leave that server either. it would totally defeat the idea if you went through all of this and then just transferred all the data back home to china.