| polit. |
цензурный аппарат Китая (CNN, 2020: The Chinese social contract: individuals are absolutely expendable if the stability of the party is at stake. Chinese authorities make a big point out of the country being a collective that pulls together in a crisis, unlike the individual-focused societies of the West, but ultimately people know that it is the party, not the country, that comes first. China's censorship apparatus is built on this principle. Anything that threatens the party, from open dissent to simply organizing outside of official structures – no matter how innocuous the topic – is not tolerated and must be erased. The need to maintain stability is what will dominate the censorship apparatus response to any crisis. An outpouring of grief is fine, even some anger is acceptable, provided it can be focused on individuals and not the system at large, and some scalps may be offered to help this along. What the authorities cannot allow is for the party or the central government to become a target, even when the crisis have exposed their many shortcomings. Alex_Odeychuk) |
