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Speaking in Stickers — Real Life
There are lots of reasons for Chinese not to speak up: fear of the state; pragmatism from a sense that nothing they say can change the situation; as well as resentment against western voices for invalidating some of the positive aspects of the country.
Dan Wang • 2021 Letter | Dan Wang
Many major non-Chinese sites are completely inaccessible. Trying to load up a blocked site usually gets you a good ol’ Page Cannot be Displayed message, and for reasons seemingly unknown to anyone, also seems to crash your browser’s ability to load anything at all for thirty seconds or so.
Kendra Schaefer • Notes From Behind the Firewall: The State of Web Design in China
Kai-Fu Lee, talked of balancing Google’s freewheeling style with government rules—and censorship.