Obviously the Chinese authorities are nervous. They are nervous about the perhaps unlikely repeat of a Chinese version of the Jasmine Revolution which has thrown out autocratic regimes in Egypt and Tunisia and may yet succeed in Libya. The Chinese government’s reaction has been to invoke strong internet censorship against the anonymous calls for protest in cities across China. The measures that the security forces have been asked to take to crack down on protestors and the restrictions the authorities have imposed on foreign journalists indicate how nervous they are.
As far as we know, these calls for protests have been unsuccessful. Analysts conclude that the protests did not gain further momentum because of the miraculous success that China has achieved in expanding its economy in the last three decades, and this may be true. But the conclusion that people prefer political stability for economic growth and prosperity at the cost of freedom is a bogus hypothesis.
Indeed, unrest will not bring economic prosperity, but the Chinese authorities are so anxious that they have come out with state-sponsored propaganda to brainwash their own people. An illustration of this would be the recent article appearing in Xinhua entitled "Unrest will not bring social equality."
The article begins with the statement of an anonymous Chinese who declares that "They are making much ado about nothing!” It tries to counter the foreign media with the statement that “Perhaps they are disappointed at the lack of revolutionary momentum in China."
The article pretends that the Chinese authorities are open to criticism. In a country where the media is strictly controlled by the government, scanners vigilantly scrutinize the internet, and so-called dissidents are immediately imprisoned, needless to say this pretext is incongruous.
The article proceeds to report on the actions taken by the authorities to balance economic growth so that all sections of society will benefit from it. But the intent behind this propaganda is squashed by the additional privileges enjoyed by, and accumulated wealth possessed by, the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, the leadership of the Chinese government and its provincial governments, and the generals of the People's Liberation Army, as compared with the common Chinese.
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1 - shiiiiiiiiiiii
why blame others before asking yourself and your own country who always use the disguise of freedom to meddle in other countries internal affairs? shame on you.
2 - gd
just ask the white house whether it is ready to implement such a no fly zone and how many of your countrymen will be sent there? it is bullshit puffing your morality.