Well, if what you wish to accomplish has to rely on misinformation then China is the wrong place for you. People will come after you, you may end up need CPC's protection
Notice how you've changed the OPs concern about free speech to a concern about "misinformation".
'pro-democracy' people are strongly associated with misinformation in China. That's why they have very few support and never accomplish anything all these years.
Misinformation? As defined by the CCP, or actual, objectively verifiable falsehoods?