Arguments for my position
"Reports of message deletion on Sina Weibo come both from individuals commenting on their own messages (and accounts) disappearing (Kristof, 2011a), and from allegedly leaked memos from the Chinese government instructing media to remove all content relating to some specific keyword or event" (Bamman, O'Connor, Smith 1)

"Furthermore, people are more likely to experience psychological reactance if the concerned freedom is considered important and the source of the threat has the authority to impose the behavioral restriction or interference" (Ng, Kermani, Lalonde 5)

"Artist Dai Jianyong was sentenced to 5 years in prison for Photoshopping Xi to look like Hitler and posting the image on his Instagram, and a Chinese university student was detained for 10 days for downloading a picture showing Xi in Nazi uniform." (Luqiu 4)


Sources:

Bamman, David et al. "Censorship And Deletion Practices In Chinese Social Media". First Monday, vol 17, no. 3, 2012. University Of Illinois Libraries, doi:10.5210/fm.v17i3.3943. Accessed 6 May 2019.

Luqiu, Luwei Rose. "The Cost Of Humour: Political Satire On Social Media And Censorship In China". Global Media And Communication, vol 13, no. 2, 2017, pp. 123-138. SAGE Publications, doi:10.1177/1742766517704471. Accessed 6 May 2019.

Ng, Andy H. et al. "Cultural Differences In Psychological Reactance: Responding To Social Media Censorship". Current Psychology, 2019. Springer Science And Business Media LLC, doi:10.1007/s12144-019-00213-0. Accessed 6 May 2019.