Teng Biao

Academic lawyer, currently Grove Human Rights Scholar at Hunter College, and Pozen Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago
Democracy

Guo Wengui

Trump and the war on truth

March 4, 2021 • by
1. On the morning of December 1, 2020, I was at home teaching an online class for Hunter College students. The subject was how the Chinese government extended its suppression of freedom abroad. Suddenly, outside on the sidewalk in front of my house, a dozen or so masked people appeared, each ...
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Guo Wengui
Democracy

Oppression, Resistance and High-Tech Totalitarianism

December 16, 2020 • by
But most censorship does not directly involve such happenings. It involves fear of such happenings. Perry Link had a classic metaphor - He described the CCP's censorship system as an “Anaconda in the Chandelier”. The silence of the anaconda crouching overhead means “the big brother is watching you!” So everyone will automatically ...
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Oppression, Resistance and High-Tech Totalitarianism
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