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Some Chinese have already found a way to circumvent this app, by downloading a program from Github that will automatically watch the videos and complete the qui

Some Chinese have already found a way to circumvent this app, by downloading a program from Github that will automatically watch the videos and complete the quizzes for them. It no secret, and ironically comes up as the first search result on google when you type in the app name (xuexiqiangguo). For those who search it, the name of the github repo does indeed start with the letter "f". Chinese readers will enjoy the comments in the Issues section - there's some interesting debate and also shows evidence of the cat and mouse game that people are playing with authorities.

samblr 8y ago
Said link : https://github.com/fuck-xuexiqiangguo/Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo/issues https://github.com/fuck-xuexiqiangguo/Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo/iss...
- iliketosleep 8y ago
  Yes, that's the one.
_bxg1 8y ago
This kind of thing gives me hope. China's communist party is ignorant and terrifying, but to a great extent its people seem unwilling to simply roll over for authoritarianism, and display ingenuity in their efforts to circumvent it. Westerners would be wise to help those people out in any way possible, through technology or otherwise.
- AFascistWorld 8y ago
  Most of these people just want some slack, there's a reason their jobs are the most sought after in China, easy and often with high benefits, some even allocate cheap condo that can save them hundreds of thousands of dollars if the city is big. In essence they are the ones the party needs to somewhat pander to, coz the party relies on them.
- iliketosleep 8y ago
  People didn't mind the authoritarianism so much when the government took a pragmatic approach to governance and people's lives were improving. But now they've gone back to putting ideology at the forefront, like Mao did. People in Western countries can help by pressuring large corporations and governments not to pander to China.
plibither8 8y ago
Edit: Google Translate does a fairly good job: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=zh-CN&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://github.com/fuck-xuexiqiangguo/Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo/issues&xid=17259,15700002,15700023,15700186,15700191,15700253&usg=ALkJrhgR1QgIN2r1CzNav8rGLPB-SMEEWw https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&... > Chinese readers will enjoy the comments in the Issues section - there's some interesting debate and also shows evidence of the cat and mouse game that people are playing with authorities. Hi! Could you, or anyone else, translate any one of the issues to give an example? This seems super interesting and I would really want to see it :)
jlokier 8y ago
An anti-brainwash program that watches the video for them sounded great.... Until I remembered the eye-gaze detection feature in modern phones. Ugh. One day they will watch to see that you're smiling, looking properly at the screen, heart rate comfortable, vasodilation and skin-sweat reflectivity within expected ranges, and have a normalised emotional response to key messages. Not daydreaming about something else as you watch. Who do we blame for developing this tech without safeguards, and how do we ensure it is not abused like this?

samblr 8y ago

Said link : https://github.com/fuck-xuexiqiangguo/Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo/issues https://github.com/fuck-xuexiqiangguo/Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo/iss...

iliketosleep 8y ago
Yes, that's the one.

_bxg1 8y ago

This kind of thing gives me hope. China's communist party is ignorant and terrifying, but to a great extent its people seem unwilling to simply roll over for authoritarianism, and display ingenuity in their efforts to circumvent it. Westerners would be wise to help those people out in any way possible, through technology or otherwise.

AFascistWorld 8y ago
Most of these people just want some slack, there's a reason their jobs are the most sought after in China, easy and often with high benefits, some even allocate cheap condo that can save them hundreds of thousands of dollars if the city is big. In essence they are the ones the party needs to somewhat pander to, coz the party relies on them.
iliketosleep 8y ago
People didn't mind the authoritarianism so much when the government took a pragmatic approach to governance and people's lives were improving. But now they've gone back to putting ideology at the forefront, like Mao did. People in Western countries can help by pressuring large corporations and governments not to pander to China.

plibither8 8y ago

Edit: Google Translate does a fairly good job: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=zh-CN&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://github.com/fuck-xuexiqiangguo/Fuck-XueXiQiangGuo/issues&xid=17259,15700002,15700023,15700186,15700191,15700253&usg=ALkJrhgR1QgIN2r1CzNav8rGLPB-SMEEWw https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&... > Chinese readers will enjoy the comments in the Issues section - there's some interesting debate and also shows evidence of the cat and mouse game that people are playing with authorities. Hi! Could you, or anyone else, translate any one of the issues to give an example? This seems super interesting and I would really want to see it :)

jlokier 8y ago

An anti-brainwash program that watches the video for them sounded great.... Until I remembered the eye-gaze detection feature in modern phones. Ugh. One day they will watch to see that you're smiling, looking properly at the screen, heart rate comfortable, vasodilation and skin-sweat reflectivity within expected ranges, and have a normalised emotional response to key messages. Not daydreaming about something else as you watch. Who do we blame for developing this tech without safeguards, and how do we ensure it is not abused like this?