Taipei, Dec. 7 -- China's extensive digital surveillance and censorship system has begun to show signs of collapse, according to Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC).

In its latest Quarterly Report on the Situation in China, the council said that China's "digital authoritarian model" has reached a breaking point and is now caught in a self-perpetuating loop of suppression and speculation, as reported by The Taipei Times.

According to The Taipei Times, the MAC cited the suspicious death of Chinese actor Alan Yu in Beijing on September 11 as a striking example of the growing cracks in China's online control regime. Authorities swiftly labelled Yu's death as an "accidental fall after drinking," but the explanation was widely doubted by ...