You seem to believe that every potential interlocutor is bypassing the firewall. I know that many are not, because they are afraid of being caught.
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No. For example, the U.S. has many problems and I would never say it is ideal, but I can openly disagree with the President or the majority party. My understanding is that this is not as easy for citizens of China inside China. Can you openly discuss the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests?
That's correct, and as I said that's one of the reasons Chinese people bypass GFW.
The last paragraph in my previous comment may not have been clear enough. What I meant was that *after bypassing GFW*, you generally have minimal concern, not *before bypassing GFW*