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Thats the thing.. A lot of westerners seems to think Chinese state apparatus are super ideological communists bent on catching anything that has a slight smell
by hdra 9y ago
Thats the thing.. A lot of westerners seems to think Chinese state apparatus are super ideological communists bent on catching anything that has a slight smell of democracy.
If I were to sum up my personal experience with Chinese gov. officials, I think "apathetic", or even "lazy" would be a much more apt description.
- jldugger 9y agoThe author's post is less about smuggling democracy into china and more about avoiding newspaper headlines like 'kernel.org pwned by national actor'.
- hdra 9y agoI understand. The measures described in the article about hardening the laptop as a precaution are good, and I would encourage anyone who have concerns about the security of their device to take similar precaution, regardless of whether or not you have plans to travel. My response above is more about the paranoia some people tend to have when visiting China because of the reputation of its government, when from my personal experience, the people and the government workers of China are some of the most non-ideological, politically apathetic people I have interacted with.