It’s not that rules are entirely unpublished. It’s that the laws that exist are so vague and broad that it’s opaque what rights you actually have. Case in point: it is unlawful to “injure the reputation of state organs”. Uh… okay. So I can’t bad mouth the reliability of state media while in China? Well they don’t exactly say, but that seems a safe inference. This has historically been a complaint of companies, that they don’t know where the boundaries are so they have to be extra conservative with restrictions.
Its unclear for you because that concept doesnt exist in your country, and the translation is likely missing some of the nuance. For someone who grew up and went to school in China, its probably pretty clear.
Maybe its opaque to you because you dont speak Chinese. Why would they bother to publish the details in English?
It’s not that rules are entirely unpublished. It’s that the laws that exist are so vague and broad that it’s opaque what rights you actually have. Case in point: it is unlawful to “injure the reputation of state organs”. Uh… okay. So I can’t bad mouth the reliability of state media while in China? Well they don’t exactly say, but that seems a safe inference. This has historically been a complaint of companies, that they don’t know where the boundaries are so they have to be extra conservative with restrictions.
Its unclear for you because that concept doesnt exist in your country, and the translation is likely missing some of the nuance. For someone who grew up and went to school in China, its probably pretty clear.