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Like if the Internet Wasn’t Censored?  Everyone knows that
China’s internet is censored. There’s the government-run
firewall that blocks and interferes with unwanted sites, and
then there’s the extensive network of self-censors at all of
China’s internet companies who delete content they fear might
incur the wrath of the regime.  But what if that wasn’t true?
What would happen if tomorrow, the “Great Firewall” was torn
down and Chinese internet companies were told they no longer
needed to censor their content?  It’s a fascinating question,
and quite an important one. In a recent speech, Huawei CEO Ren
Zhengfei said that China must open up or die, especially when it
comes to technology:  Why must we be xenophobic? Do we Chinese
do everything better than foreigners? Why must there be total
independence; independence just means closing the country off
from foreign things like in feudal times, and we [Huawei] oppose
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