As concerns grow over the global reach of Chinese Communist Party censorship, Ruairidh Brown and Momo clarify how Chinese discourse control functions. Rather than a top-down, process, they argue, censorship is a multidirectional social phenomenon
Anonymous contributor writing on Chinese politics.
'Momo' is a username shared by countless users across the Chinese internet.
They adopt the same username and the pink-dinosaur avatar to post as one indistinguishable mass; a shared identity that lets people speak candidly, from everyday opinions to sensitive commentary, without being singled out for harassment.
The author writes under this collective persona to protect their identity while analysing Chinese politics.
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