In the United States, big media critiques on technology companies happen every day. In a country that values freedom of speech, this dissent is encouraged. Under an autocratic, communist regime like the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), public dissent between media and technology giants is rare and indicates something much more significant.  On Tuesday (Aug. 3), a lengthy article attacking Tencent’s video games as “spiritual opium” for teenagers, was published on Economic Information Daily, a business newspaper affiliated with Xinhua, the CCP’s official state media.  It’s unlikely that the root of the aggressive attack on Tencent is concern for teenage addiction to gaming. If the Chinese regime is truly concerned with “spiritual opium” destroying Chinese youth, it would be better served taking a look at its own censorship of free speech and opinion as a dictatorial communist regime.  All autocratic systems rely on two key assistants: a secret police force and …