https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2015#.VxmuL2PO7FI
America is not bad at all. There's virtually no censorship here. China is a Big Brother hellhole.
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Report: iTunes Movies and iBooks Stores in China Ordered Closed by Chinese State Agency
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America is not bad at all. There's virtually no censorship here. China is a Big Brother hellhole.
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Sooner or later someone was gonna say it so let's get it out of the way now.
China's a lot like my dad, they try to save a buck, only to end up spending 2.
The real way to hurt China would be to cut off American made products like baby formula, almonds, peanuts, etc. when their own people can't trust domestically made food, that's a dangerous problem to have.
Sooner or later someone was gonna say it so let's get it out of the way now.
China's a lot like my dad, they try to save a buck, only to end up spending 2.
The real way to hurt China would be to cut off American made products like baby formula, almonds, peanuts, etc. when their own people can't trust domestically made food, that's a dangerous problem to have.
What a sad opinion to have about the US, without a single fact to back it up.
And that is perfectly legal. You blame apple or the people who make the laws?
"Recent" ban?
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they mostly seem to come from Australia.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/11/10/china-to-clamp-down-on-internet-music-platforms-in-2016 - the focus was on apple music in the article, but it's a similar theme.
So if someone had downloaded a movie and book they would now no longer have access to it on a new device unless they backed up their stuff first? That would suck big time. But then, so would living in China. I couldn't live in such a controlling place.
The Chinese government wants their populace to buy Huawei's products, where the software is reported to include interesting features coded by special units of the Chinese Army. But people are buying iPhone SE's instead, where the OS is designed in California... without even a backdoor for the local friendly FBI. The long game here could get interesting.
My trusty tin foil hat is telling me that the security in the products are good if China is forcing them out, but the cynic in me is saying that this is a scapegoating side effect of temporary governmental cleanup.
No. They are always doing such from time to time. They just keep such action as national secrets.
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And the lead of such is United States.
People talk like this is censorship. I doubt it. I believe it's probably related to either some deals with the local license holders, or some sort of protectionism of some local players.
If you want to talk censorship, look at Europe, where everything has to be politically correct.
If you want to talk censorship, look at Europe, where everything has to be politically correct.
If you don't associate censorship with China, you really haven't been paying attention.
So no wonder why a lot of Chinese prefer pirating contents rather than purchasing them. They are just banned by government. So lovers have no choice but to download them for free.
...and there goes one of the few legal ways to buy movies in China!
And as for books - a dude with a few crates visits outside of my office every week or two to sell us fake books...
fake
books!*
*these are real books that have been scanned in and reprinted by a local printer.
And as for books - a dude with a few crates visits outside of my office every week or two to sell us fake books...
fake
books!*
*these are real books that have been scanned in and reprinted by a local printer.
Ugh. The U.S. should train all school children to hack Chinese government websites. I'm sure they've got the same program there.
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Wait, what? The U.S. is very careful not to censor anything. There's a Nazi political party and the KKK. Heck, you can get away with crimes here as long as you claim it's a protest. Are there nations that give more freedom of speech? Certainly not the U.K., France, or Germany.
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And If you don't see the actions done in Europe in the name of political correctness as censorship, then you are more ignorant.
In this particular specific Apple's case, I don't really see it as censorship per se. You cannot just claim censorship just because there's China on the headline.
And I pirate stuff just to not have to deal with DRM. First world problems here.
While to a point I agree with you, you can claim censorship if you RTFA instead of weighing into the debate without doing so.
the Chinese State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television is a censor.
have you tried to say the word **** or **** on american tv? heck, you cant even say it on here without getting a warning
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