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In a presentation on speech and democracy, Steve Randoll, SCC associate professor of history, proceeds from 18th century Manchu China, where criticism of the ruling gentry class came from the only people allowed to exercise freedom of speech, the other members of the educated elite. At the same time in pre-revolutionary France, the rising middle class exercised freedom of speech and sharply criticized the Ancien Regime. Later in the century, the French Revolution embraced the idea of freedom of speech for everyone as a prerequisite for successful self-government, while Manchu China avoided the twin perils of revolution and free speech. Today, the Chinese government denies freedom of speech to both its citizens and to outside institutions seeking to do business in China, confirming the importance of freedom of speech as a means to and a cornerstone of self-government.
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