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Beijing Erodes Free Speech With ‘Civilized Internet’

The CCP wants to take your freedom away

Beijing Erodes Free Speech With ‘Civilized Internet’
A man walks past an office of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) in Beijing on July 8, 2021. Thomas Peter/Reuters
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
10/28/2021|Updated: 10/31/2021
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “civilizing” the internet within its borders and proposing similar crackdowns globally in what should be a wake-up call to people who value their online freedom.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
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