The propaganda buildup for years for Iraq and then the reasons for invasion of all kinds unmasks the degree to which our society is manipulated by governemnt leaks and disinformation to the extent to which no source is actually believable. I imagine the rest of the world realized this long ago but we prefer to believe our hollywood image as superman in red,whilte, and blue cape with infallibility cloak.
It appears the Natiuve American description fo forked tongue works better as is the white lies by the Bug White Fathers in Washington that slowly and inexorably took the continent from them one broken promise after another.
Broken promises remain as common as ever.

In this day and age of the internet, mobile phones and smart pens, the same old problems still exist. New media exist but still no change in how the system works or distorts the truth. And the internet which is now the main medium of communication can be both unreliable as well as powerful. Are we better off now than a decade ago?

It is crazy that in this day and age, with New Media being an integral part of so many peoples lives, that this kind of censorship can be tolerated and accepted in a growing country. The Government treat the population as belittled and deaf children that will just accept whatever they are spoon-fed.
Add that to the imprisonment (and worse) of any that try and speak out against the current regime, and it all adds up to the oppressive government you see in modern day China.

Sounds like he is very ill as he has no formal positions to speak of currently so could not have done a Zhao Ziyang. All this sort of stuff reminds me of the old Politburo watchers who kept an eye on who was the new guy now sitting five places to the right of Brezhnev and then speculated on what it meant (often a lot!).

Will be quite an event when he does pass away unlike of course the very low key affair for Zhao Ziyang who people may recall who was deposed and placed under house arrest for opposing the army crackdown on Tienanmen Square protesters in 1989. I hope in Jan 2015 (10th anniversary of his death) FP do an article on him as he deserves it.

All that blocking of searches of course is highly unproductive as it just adds grist to the rumor mill. Alas trust in the Chinese state media is pretty low so I guess we need a photo opportunity.

The propaganda buildup for years for Iraq and then the reasons for invasion of all kinds unmasks the degree to which our society is Tavares manipulated by government leaks and disinformation to the extent to which no source is actually believable.

Whether Jiang Zemin is dead or alive, one fact is beyond question: China's Sina Weibo is the world's best rumor-mongering machine ever. Sounds like he is very ill as he has no formal positions to speak of currently so could not have done a Zhao Ziyang. All this sort of stuff reminds me of the old Politburo watchers who kept an eye on who was the new guy now sitting five places to the right of Brezhnev and then speculated on what it meant (often a lot!). Will be quite an event when he does pass away unlike of course the very low ke help desk software It is crazy that in this day and age, with New Media being an integral part of so many peoples lives, that this kind of censorship can be tolerated and accepted in a growing country. The Government treat the population as belittled and deaf children that will just accept whatever they are spoon-fed. Add that to the imprisonment (and worse) of any that try and speak out against the current regime,.

New media exist but still no change in how the system works or distorts the truth. And the internet which is now the main medium of communication can be both unreliable as well as powerful. Are we better off now than a decade ago?The Government treat the population as belittled and deaf children that will just accept sázky whatever they are spoon-fed.Add that to the imprisonment (and worse) of any that try and speak out against the current regime, and it all adds up to the oppressive government you see in modern day China