I do not believe the title of this thread. I wouldn't even believe it if it read "France" instead of EU. The takedown notice sounds like a programming mistake.
I realize some people think it's a symptom of something that isn't a mistake.
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Originally Posted by Fiat_Lux
In the last six months, the People's Republic of China has passed laws that are much more restrictive on freedom of expression, than anything in the history of the Middle Kingdom, and its successor administrations.
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This is reminiscent of
something Mao said, although he saw unusually strong restrictions on freedom to read as a good thing:
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In fact in 1958, Mao himself made the connection between himself and [ancient emperor] Qin Shi Huang.
"He buried 460 scholars alive - we have buried 46,000 scholars alive," he said in a speech to party cadres. "You [intellectuals] revile us for being Qin Shi Huangs. You are wrong. We have surpassed Qin Shi Huang a hundredfold."
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True, Mao didn't claim to know the intellectual freedom record of each of the other 500+ Chinese emperors.
As I guess this post shows, I am a bit of skeptic.