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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by studentrob on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @06:22AM (#11760237)
It is not reasonable to round up protesters and throw them in jail. That's an authoritarian regime who's afraid of its population. At the same time, they ask this population to lead China to greater economic growth. It does not make sense.
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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by catnaroek on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @06:27AM (#11760268)
That's an entirely separate matter - and kind of off-topic, considering how this thread is about Internet censorship, not treatment of dissenters.
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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by studentrob on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @09:54AM (#11761481)
It's totally related. Protesting is speech that is censored when the government throws people in jail.

It has the same effect as internet censorship. People who speak up are prevented from communicating with the rest of society.

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