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Seems like a click bait article, there's no China firewall in Hong Kong and plenty of free Wifi spots.
by olalonde 7y ago
Seems like a click bait article, there's no China firewall in Hong Kong and plenty of free Wifi spots.
- dang 7y agoOk, we've taken the firewall out of the title above.
- lukewrites 7y ago"Hong Kong's protesters use AirDrop" seems a drastic redaction. It would be helpful to know _what_ they're using AirDrop for. How about "Hong Kong's protesters use AirDrop to spread their message to Mainland tourists"? "Hong Kong's protesters use AirDrop to inform tourists why they protest"?
- dang 7y agoOk, we've added an extra phrase from the main text that conveys this.
- lukewrites 7y agoThanks, appreciate you taking the time! :)
- philplckthun 7y agoFWIW the “Great Firewall of China” is indeed the technical implementation of itself, but he also become synonymous with government censorship in China in general. Just because mainland citizens leave the country does not mean that they leave behind the lasting influence of that censorship, especially since the most-used apps from China, like WeChat remain filtered and censored, so I think the title is quite a fair summary and not just click bait.
- verst 7y agoHow does mobile roaming for mainland Chinese visiting HK work? Are they put on a different VNET which still experiences censorship? After all HK phone providers could have secret agreements to enforce the GFW filtering (redirect traffic through China etc) for Chinese citizens. When I visit mainland China on my T-Mobile roaming plan I am on some sort of separate subnet that is uncensored and I can continue to access services I cannot use with a China SIM card.
- zoom6628 7y agoMost visitors from mainland China are people who also own iPhones. Until the X models the iPhone did not support multiple SIM cards so visitors would buy local HK prepaid cards which means they are on HK uncensored phone systems and networks. If you are on mainland number with roaming or even a second local HK number attached to your China SIM card you are still subject to censorship because everything data goes back through mainland servers even though your access points are in HK. All the above I know from personal experience - lived in China 12 years and now resident in HK.
- germainelol 7y agoYou think mainlanders cross the border into Hong Kong and suddenly have a new found knowledge of where to look for uncensored information? Or that they suddenly have tons of friends to contact and discuss the news with on WhatsApp or Telegram? A large majority of the tourists crossing the border in this train station have virtually no idea of the protests. If they do know about the protests, they've likely only read the articles posted by the CCP stating that some of the protests were in favour of the Extradition Law, blaming foreign influences among other lies. There are no articles that depict the protests for what they actually are or what they are fighting for.