In the Freedom in the World report, which analyzes political rights and civil liberties in a given country, Russia received a total of 16 points, while China received 9, near the bottom of the report’s 100-point scale. [...] None of the above activities are as viable in China, given, among other factors, the total penetration of societal institutions by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the vast and pervasive security apparatus, the presence of informants in communities and workplaces, the ban on unauthorized private donations, the utterly opaque nature of the criminal justice system, and the lack of even a façade of. [...] Despite early hopes that the arrival of the world wide web would liberate the country, the CCP managed to “nail Jell-O to the wall” and cre- ate a tame version of the internet. [...] According to the results of the survey, people’s satisfaction rate with the overall economic conditions dropped to 55 percent in 2023, the lowest since 2016. [...] • Ocials expelled from the CCP over banned publications, other charges: : Lin Gang, deputy mayor of Guilin in Guizhou Province, was expelled from the CCP and dis- missed from his position for alleged bribery, “belief in gods and ghosts instead of Marxism-Leninism,” and “long-term exposure to politically tainted publications.” In a similar case in 2021, the CCP’s Central Commission for Discipline I.
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