2MEDIA CENSORSHIP2014). Therefore, not only the “freedom of expression” of the people is usurped but the“freedom of press” is also grossly misappropriated (Yang 2012). Commenting on theimportance of the free media, George Washington said, “If freedom of speech is taken away,then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter” (Vivian and Maurin 2012).Therefore, the presence of a free as well as uncensored media is very essential for a nation. The Chinese government has complete control over the functioning of its media, thepublication of books, newspapers and other sources of information (Yang 2012). TheCommunist Party of China have declared a punishment of up to 12 years for the whistleblowers and 6 years for the journalists who try to portray a negative image of the ruling Party(Bamman, O'Connor and Smith 2012). It is also to be noted that recently several journalistswere imprisoned for reporting against the government under the reign of the President XiJinping. In another instance, in Macau, the journalists and media personnels were subjected toactual torture for carrying out their duties (Tai 2014). The process of “censorship of media”reached to an all time with the introduction of the new SAPPRFT (Tai 2014). According tothis new regulation the media personnels and journalists are not allowed to portray thegovernmental authorities in the new light and also not supposed to reveal information whichmight prove detrimental to the interests of the ruling government (Tai 2014). Severaljournalists were exiled and subjected to inhuman tortures for revealing the atrocitiescommitted by the police and political figures like Leung Chun-Yin (Bamman, O'Connor andSmith 2012). Another interesting fact to note about the “censorship of media” in China is thatone in four website which are easily accessible through the search engine Google has beenblocked by the government of China through their filtering process (Curtin 2012). The totalnumber of websites blocked by the Chinese government is around 923 and more than 26%citizens of China have been affected by this censorship (Curtin 2012). Thus, it can be saidthat the Communist Party of China governs the nation of China just like a dictator would rule

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