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Re:China backs bold plan to tear down journal paywalls by paraditedc on Thursday December 06, 2018 @12:27PM (#18620083)
> Is there any evidence that this is connected to other political issues?

No, there isn't in this specific instance.

However, reading news for the past year did give me a overall feeling that ties between China and EU are getting closer while ties between China and US, as well as EU and US are getting more strained.

Re:China backs bold plan to tear down journal paywalls by joejerryronnie on Thursday December 06, 2018 @12:57PM (#18620387)
It’s interesting because, on the surface, it appears that China is exerting more control over its population while the EU seems to be giving back control to its population. But reading between the lines, the EU is actually moving toward more political control over its member countries, just like China but in a more progressively palatable format.