On October 13, Hu Xijin posted that many people today are increasingly careful about speaking out on social media, or simply do not post at all. This is a loss for the sphere of public information in the internet age, it makes the face of public opinion no longer complete, and it is not the kind of collective "silencing" that an open society should have.
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李老师不是你老师
2026-10-01 08:01 · 10月13日，胡锡进发文感叹当下中国言论管制，称许多人在社交媒体上发声越来越小心甚至干脆不发，公共舆论面貌因此不再完整，这不是开放社会应有的群体性“噤声”。
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Hu Xijin Posts Lamenting That Speech Controls in China Have Led to Collective Silence
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