And I continue to laugh at the ignorance. The Chinese I engage with daily know that they operate with aggressive self censorship and act accordingly. They know and comply with the local rules of engagement. They are fine with this lot in life.

Meanwhile, they laugh at Americans who operate under the fallacy that somehow the very same doesn’t apply. Americans remain deluded that, somehow, there is freedom of speech. I see this all firsthand as an American living in Shanghai.