China had strict but local lockdowns, while Western countries had nationwide but softer lockdowns. If you express this in person-impact-hours, Western countries locked down infinitely harder.
You could do a similar calculation for free speech. You say the Chinese can express their opinions by avoiding certain words and not mentioning their leader. In the West, social media enforces a very narrow narrative. Social media does not allow euphemisms like "masking problem": when many people use it, it is banned. You cannot voice displeasure against woke viewpoints. I would not be surprised if Chinese people are more able to voice what they feel than European people.
China had strict but local lockdowns, while Western countries had nationwide but softer lockdowns. If you express this in person-impact-hours, Western countries locked down infinitely harder.
You could do a similar calculation for free speech. You say the Chinese can express their opinions by avoiding certain words and not mentioning their leader. In the West, social media enforces a very narrow narrative. Social media does not allow euphemisms like "masking problem": when many people use it, it is banned. You cannot voice displeasure against woke viewpoints. I would not be surprised if Chinese people are more able to voice what they feel than European people.
pooh! yea i said it!
Is it possible to use a vpn in China?
If it's worth spending a couple hundred yuan a year to you, yes.
This seems to be the only way to watch youtube or any other source from outside their intranet, right? Given the vpn uses different dns servers.
There are lots of ways to circumvent the firewall. It is not meant to be a serious blockage.
Tell me one.
Proxy servers.
A little heads up to the state of "freedom" in China. You can't make this up:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/0xyZRBnZtMx4/
No?? Looks pretty made up to me.
You say you are living there, tell me.
I just did.