Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 29 journalists 27 supreme leader 25 pro democracy 25 opaque 24 hard liners 24 authoritarian 23 suppress 23 suppressing 22 openness 22 Xinjiang 22 dissent 22 discreet 22 secretive 22 muted 22 suppressed 21 Premier Wen Jiabao 21 tightly 21 Communist Party 20 censors 20 guarded 19 generally 19 regulated 19 uncontrolled 18 crackdowns 18 sparse 18 dissidents 18 closely watched 18 autocratic 18 closely monitored 18 Turkmenistan 18 fragmented 18 reclusive 17 often 17 isolated 17 repressive 17 controlled 17 confined 16 democratic 16 Kremlin 16 spontaneous 16 clampdown 16 normally 16 unpredictable 16 Tiananmen Square 16 relatively 16 volatile 16 overt 16 totalitarian 15 censored 15 freer 15 unfettered 15 freedom 15 rare 15 politically sensitive 14 sensitive 14 rarely 14 censorship 14 freely 14 Beijing 14 shrouded 14 censor 13 repression 13 suppression 13 outsiders 13 routinely 13 largely 12 chaotic 12 strict 12 freedoms 12 China 11 stifling 11 secrecy 11 fractious 11 Soviet era 11 dictated 11 strictly 11 mainland 11 restrictive 10 rigid 10 sterile 10 traditionally 10 controls 10 notoriously 10 forbidden 10 Communist 10 unheard 9 manipulate 9 permitted 9 governed 9 restricted 8 loosening 8 restricting 7 unrestricted 7 taboo 7 lifeblood 7 rarity 6 communist 6 manipulation 5 most populous 5 dominated 4 control