Yeah, I think there may be a lot of wisdom in the Chinese approach.

Right now on the HN homepage, there's a link "The case against social media is stronger than you think", which argues that social media drives political dysfunction in the US and some other countries:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45234323

Even if you disagree with that link, and believe social media is a positive force, do we really need to subject all countries to unregulated social media? Seems like putting all of our eggs into one basket, as a species. Why?