Hu Jintao’s rule is not a return to the Mao Zedong era. Despite the regime’s vast means of censorship, its embrace of new communications technologies like the Internet make it increasingly difficult for the party to maintain effective control over people’s views.
胡锦涛的统治并非回到毛泽东时代。尽管当局审查方法众多，但采纳类似互联网那样的新通讯技术则使得中共愈发难以对民众的观念实施有效的监控。