China’s cyberspace campaign protects users by addressing harmful and negative online content that exaggerates fears or pessimism, including false rumors about disasters, public policies, and emergencies. It also targets exploitative celebrity gossip, vulgar livestreams, posts stoking regional or social tensions, and paid review schemes. By curbing these influences, the initiative aims to reduce negativity online and foster a safer, more positive environment, especially for young people.
China's economic transition is creating dangerous social instability with unemployment soaring, mental health crises exploding, and violent incidents multiplying. The surveillance state that once maintained order is cracking under pressure as millions face joblessness and despair. Performance legitimacy built on decades of growth is crumbling as inequality deepens and hope vanishes.
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