https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/28/china-bans-the-letter-n-internet-xi-jinping-extends-power
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-animal-farm-ban-censorship-george-orwell-xi-jinping-power-letter-n-a8235071.html
Recently in China legislation has been put into place banning various words, phrases, and books, such as; Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell, the words ‘Ten thousand years’ (万岁), ‘Disagree’ (不同意), ‘Shameless’ (不要脸), ‘Lifelong’ (终身), ‘Personality cult’ (个人崇拜), ‘Immortality’ (长生不老), ‘Emigrate (移民). Another addition was the character N, it is hypothesized that the banning of N was because one could express the number of terms president Xi Jinping was serving as n>2. Along with the banning of the previously mentioned things. President Xi Jinping is being set up as a lifetime ruler by eliminating term limits on presidency. This is not only an attack on free speech but also freedom and democracy. It's worrying at how blatant the censorship and attempts to limit criticism are. It begs the question. What would Canada and the developed world as a whole be like if these practices of censorship were adopted? That is why this is important, you would agree if you had read 1984 and Animal Farm.
“Unless he’s deposed, we’ve got this guy for the rest of our functional lives,” Orville Shell (on the topic of Xi Jinping's presidency)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-animal-farm-ban-censorship-george-orwell-xi-jinping-power-letter-n-a8235071.html
Recently in China legislation has been put into place banning various words, phrases, and books, such as; Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell, the words ‘Ten thousand years’ (万岁), ‘Disagree’ (不同意), ‘Shameless’ (不要脸), ‘Lifelong’ (终身), ‘Personality cult’ (个人崇拜), ‘Immortality’ (长生不老), ‘Emigrate (移民). Another addition was the character N, it is hypothesized that the banning of N was because one could express the number of terms president Xi Jinping was serving as n>2. Along with the banning of the previously mentioned things. President Xi Jinping is being set up as a lifetime ruler by eliminating term limits on presidency. This is not only an attack on free speech but also freedom and democracy. It's worrying at how blatant the censorship and attempts to limit criticism are. It begs the question. What would Canada and the developed world as a whole be like if these practices of censorship were adopted? That is why this is important, you would agree if you had read 1984 and Animal Farm.
“Unless he’s deposed, we’ve got this guy for the rest of our functional lives,” Orville Shell (on the topic of Xi Jinping's presidency)