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  • On this episode of China Uncensored,

  • the real winner in the US presidential debate!

  • Hi, welcome to China Uncensored,

  • I’m your host Chris Chappell.

  • On Monday,

  • we witnessed the first of three US presidential debates

  • between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

  • Now that I’ve mentioned Clinton and Trump,

  • I’m sure a portion of you have stopped watching

  • and are busy attacking me in the comment section below.

  • I'm kidding.

  • You've already started doing that before even watching this video.

  • To those of you whove stayed:

  • After watching the debates,

  • there was one clear winner

  • Democracy!

  • That’s right.

  • This has been a crazy election cycle

  • that has seen the United States

  • more deeply divided than ever before.

  • And it’s still better than what many people in the world have.

  • In America,

  • we have a system where anyone can be president.

  • Of course,

  • that means anyone can be president.

  • Still,

  • people with radically different ideas

  • can debate them freely on national television,

  • without censorship

  • or even moderation.

  • You know where you can’t do that?

  • China!

  • You know how thepresidentof China getselected?”

  • First, they have an internal power struggle

  • at the top levels of the Communist Party.

  • Whoever survives the purges rises to the top.

  • And then that group selects among themselves

  • who the leader of the Communist Party should be.

  • Then the Communist Party tells China’s rubber-stamp congress

  • who to vote for,

  • and surprise surprise,

  • that person getselectedpresident.

  • Then it gets announced to the public.

  • So what an embarrassing contrast for the Chinese Communist Party

  • to have US presidential candidates debating so freely!

  • But fear not!

  • They have a solution:

  • Don’t let Chinese people watch it.

  • Yes,

  • the America’s presidential debate was censored in China.

  • China Digital Times uncovered this leaked censorship directive

  • that pulled the plug on the debate,

  • saying no news service is allowed to livestream it.

  • Even state-run CCTV’s livestream

  • went black shortly after the debate began.”

  • Same goes the two biggest Chinese news websites.

  • And with Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter already banned in China,

  • you weren’t going to see it there, either.

  • So as more than 80 million Americans tuned in to watch the Battle Royale,

  • in China,

  • people had state-run media to tell them their opinions for them!

  • And if you missed the debate,

  • because your totalitarian government censored it,

  • don’t worry.

  • My favorite state-run media Global Times assures us it was trite.

  • And this is just the latest in a long line of presidential censorship.

  • For more on that, here’s Shelley Zhang...

  • from 8 years ago!

  • US President Barack Obama’s inauguration address on Tuesday

  • was broadcast live around the world.

  • But for Chinese state media,

  • some of his comments apparently hit too close to home.

  • Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism,

  • not just with missiles and tanks,

  • but with the sturdy alliances

  • and enduring convictions.

  • As soon as the translator said the wordcommunism,”

  • the live broadcast from China's main propaganda station,

  • CCTV, faded out the audio.

  • And embarrassingly,

  • the anchor was caught totally off guard.

  • Which didn’t happen with Monday’s debate

  • because, again,

  • the Chinese Communist Party just censored the entire thing.

  • And theyre still a bit worried about these debates.

  • Because despite their efforts,

  • people in China still figured out how to watch.

  • China’s version of Twitter,

  • Weibo,

  • somehow was able to livestream the debate to nearly a quarter million people.

  • And that’s because more and more,

  • people in China are showing an interest in US elections.

  • For decades,

  • Chinese state-run media has been telling people that the

  • Western-style democracy is dangerous and chaotic.

  • But China’s middle class is increasingly making their own observations

  • as Chinese tourists travel to every corner of the globe,

  • and more and more people figure out how

  • to get around China’s Internet firewall.

  • So if youre still watching,

  • and not busy angrily accusing me of bashing your favorite

  • or least un-favorite candidate

  • I’d like to end with this:

  • At least we can all watch the debate on TV,

  • and type our uncensored comments below.

  • Once again I’m Chris Chappell,

  • see you next time.

On this episode of China Uncensored,

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