[citation][nom]brendano257[/nom]Surprising? Not really, they're still partially communistic, and as for overthrowing.....Leader=God because Government=army. It's hard to start a rebellion when the government in the military and the "President" has a secret police, so you don't like him? You "disappear."[/citation]
[citation][nom]rooket[/nom]Interesting this keeps showing up in news. As a Communist country you can't really expect them to conform to the way free countries operate. They really can make their own rules and laws, they don't hold need to hold anyone's hand.[/citation]
Not that I speak for Communism or Capitalism but just to clarify, free speech has nothing to do with either model.
I know most people associate dictatorships with Communism because those are the only individuals who have tried to run a country as such but just take it for what it is, corrupt individuals (leaders). Communism has nothing to do with 'silencing' the public but those dictators who vouch for the model take advantage of the power they acquire through Communism to control their population. In other words, leaders under Capitalist systems have tried to 'silence' their public as well as the ones under Capitalist systems. A Capitalist system isn't necessarily free from tyranny.
On topic, China is renowned for their censorship through coercion to protect political interests so, no, the topic isn't new but hopefully some headway can be made through this new initiative.