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I don't understand why the big hotels in China have so much wider access than normal. It seems like they make exceptions for some places mostly visited by inte
by WhitneyLand 10y ago
I don't understand why the big hotels in China have so much wider access than normal. It seems like they make exceptions for some places mostly visited by international travelers.
- fowl2 10y agoYes this is exactly it. They don't care / already know foreigner's politics.
- Gustomaximus 10y agoThey have 'free trade zones' I suspect half for being useful for international business guests and half to look more open then they are to the global community. Either way everyone knows how to tunnel out if they want to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Free-Trade_Zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Free-Trade_Zone
- westiseast 10y agoSomething nobody's written about or investigated that publicly is profiling/local blocks. The gov places blocks on whole regions like Tibet/Uighur areas regularly, but I also believe that they have profiles down to a very granular level on which router/IPS has what level of trust. Public wifi is often unreliable for loading foreign websites or connecting to a VPN, whereas big hotels or my home wifi can be fine. I'm 80% sure this is real and not imagination :)