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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by gohrt on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @02:43AM (#11759412)
The Chinese do not control China. The Chinese Communist Party controls China.
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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by pessimizer on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @08:23AM (#11760951)
Of course, you can say this about every government. Americans do not control America. The American government controls America.
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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by charoko on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @03:49AM (#11759655)
"The CPC is currently the world's second largest political party with a membership of 87.79 million as of 2015.

To join the party, an applicant must be 18 years of age, and must spend a year as a probationary member. In contrast to the past, when emphasis was placed on the applicants' ideological criteria, the current CPC stresses technical and educational qualifications."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_China

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