Comments on: China Plans To Restrict Online Videos; Effect on Private Companies Still Unclear http://paidcontent.org/2008/01/04/419-chinas-sarft-and-mii-to-restrict-online-videos/ The economics of digital content Thu, 23 May 2013 04:04:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: S Brown http://paidcontent.org/2008/01/04/419-chinas-sarft-and-mii-to-restrict-online-videos/#comment-55980 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:29:58 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/01/04/419-chinas-sarft-and-mii-to-restrict-online-videos/#comment-55980 When the Chinese government says one thing and does quite another, it simply ramps up its reputation around the world for being naive, sinister, and untrustworthy. Since, however, the Chinese government is obsessed with controlling the thoughts and knowledge of its own populace, it really doesn't care much what you and I think in any case.

Having said that, however, making such deep and hard divisions in policy and thought between what is true and what the people know leads to an increasingly isolated government increasingly unable to govern. China's future is anything but certain, and keeping its people in the dark is at best a gamble and at worst a strategic error that could bring about just the sort of economic and political disaster its leaders are so resolute and ruthless in trying to prevent.

]]> By: Samantha http://paidcontent.org/2008/01/04/419-chinas-sarft-and-mii-to-restrict-online-videos/#comment-55979 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:28:52 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/01/04/419-chinas-sarft-and-mii-to-restrict-online-videos/#comment-55979 Thanks for taking those necessary steps or actions of restricting online videos.

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