The article mentioned how the artists, authors in the north of Vietnam has been giving up on their ideas for a 'compensation' of material stuffs.
This is a common way to deal with defiant minds in socialism, when the government either make a 'buy out' incentive or punishment incentive. However, the fact that artists can make a deal with the government may mean that the condition is still 'live-able'. Even the media is controlled by the government, people are still aware of what is going on, the corruption in the parties' member, the political fight, or the nepotism.
And interestingly, to the author, it seems to happen only in Hanoi, instead of the whole nation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/opinion/the-new-censors-of-hanoi.html?ref=opinion
This is a common way to deal with defiant minds in socialism, when the government either make a 'buy out' incentive or punishment incentive. However, the fact that artists can make a deal with the government may mean that the condition is still 'live-able'. Even the media is controlled by the government, people are still aware of what is going on, the corruption in the parties' member, the political fight, or the nepotism.
And interestingly, to the author, it seems to happen only in Hanoi, instead of the whole nation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/opinion/the-new-censors-of-hanoi.html?ref=opinion
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