"Thus, in this case, and this is the only instance in which we observe this pattern, the international community's involvement will prove harmful. By making press freedom a cause celebre, the international community will unify the Chinese opposition."
This very syndrome has been seen to happen in the case of campaigning for the release of dissidents. However, to give up the fight for press freedom is to let the other side win by default as self-censorship is only a slower process toward the same end of the regime's full control of the press.
