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China Punishes ‘Excessively Pessimistic’ Social Media Users

As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work or marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

Chinese censors are going after content that “excessively exaggerates negative and pessimistic sentiment” or promotes “defeatist narratives like ‘hard work is useless.’”
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