Amusing comment on the state of censorship in China:
I posted the NPC joke in a language-related chat group on WeChat (China's Facebook). There were no consequences for two days, because Chinese censors don't waste their time analyzing jokes in English language chat. But after a couple of days the American moderators of the group (resident in China, like me) decided to eject me from the group and break off all communication.
This is how it works. Occasionally, the state heavies do shut down a newspaper. But 99% of the time, it's self-censorship.
Amusing comment on the state of censorship in China:
I posted the NPC joke in a language-related chat group on WeChat (China's Facebook). There were no consequences for two days, because Chinese censors don't waste their time analyzing jokes in English language chat. But after a couple of days the American moderators of the group (resident in China, like me) decided to eject me from the group and break off all communication.
This is how it works. Occasionally, the state heavies do shut down a newspaper. But 99% of the time, it's self-censorship.