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How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism But Silences Collective Expression

Harvard University

Contrary to previous understandings, Chinese Internet posts with negative, even vitriolic, criticism of the state, its leaders, and its policies are not more likely to be censored than posts without this content. Instead, this study shows that...

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