“But today I changed my mind, completely,” Ai said. “The West (is) not even (in a) position to accuse China. (They must) just check on their record (of) what they did on international human rights, (their) freedom of speech record.”
“But today I changed my mind, completely,” Ai said. “The West (is) not even (in a) position to accuse China. (They must) just check on their record (of) what they did on international human rights, (their) freedom of speech record.”
He’s not wrong, China probably has better freedom of speech now than the UK
How did you arrive on that conclusion? I read several UK-based news sites and they criticize the government on a daily basis.
Someone told another person to “speak clearly” because they’re deaf and got arrested for hate speech
Someone was discussing the problems of immigration in public and was arrested for the same
Thousands have been arrested for opposing genocide in Gaza under terrorism laws
Do you have a source for this claim?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-07/uk-police-arrest-about-900-at-protest-palestinian-action/105745058
900 on one day alone
Thank you. That’s something I did not know about. I read the timeline of events.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Action
It seems like an abuse of power by the government, parliament and cops, suggesting that several branches of power structures are capable of using violence against speech they don’t like.
However, in my eyes, this does not sum up to “China has better freedom of speech”. In the UK, the ban was publicly debated and opposed by several people and media channels, and is being reviewed by a court, with outcomes still unknown. In China, treatment would be more severe.
But it definitely pushes the UK towards the low end of the freedom of speech scale.
They don’t lol, they censor the hell out of their Internet, the netizens have to use proxies and anti detect browser just to bypass the firewalls.
Uhhh……….Chinese people cannot communicate beyond the wall, lol
UK people can’t communicate with each other
Yes they can, you liar
I feel like this comment section is primarily made up of dril and Ken M. tweets.
There are so many comments like the one you’re replying to that just make no sense except as absurdist humor.