When I was a boy I watched the first real-time transatlantic TV broadcast, as did Jack Kennedy, I later learned. His response was prescient: "How are we gonna control the news if this keeps happening?”.
As to out-China-ing China, never.
Like Singapore, China has a constitutional mandate to control misinformation. Its censorship is run by leading intellectuals who must follow the published regulations and explain their decisions when challenged.
That is only possible in a democracy, and the US is not a democracy, nor has it ever been.
When I was a boy I watched the first real-time transatlantic TV broadcast, as did Jack Kennedy, I later learned. His response was prescient: "How are we gonna control the news if this keeps happening?”.
As to out-China-ing China, never.
Like Singapore, China has a constitutional mandate to control misinformation. Its censorship is run by leading intellectuals who must follow the published regulations and explain their decisions when challenged.
That is only possible in a democracy, and the US is not a democracy, nor has it ever been.
Somewhat related.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3mvz5/ruan-xiaohuan-trial-china#new_tab