> but 'Political' is considered harmful? It's hard to explain why 'Political' is considered harmful in China. Most of the Chinese companies try to avoid the po

> but 'Political' is considered harmful? It's hard to explain why 'Political' is considered harmful in China. Most of the Chinese companies try to avoid the political text classify problem by using a hashtable to store 'sensitive words'. One example would be we can't search '64g RAM' in Xianyu, which is one of the biggest c2c second-hand online markets developed from Alibaba because 64 indicate June 4th which is a special day in China. > Would be interesting to see what material it was trained on (a cross section of pro and anti-CCP? pro-CCP would still be political, but then why would that need to be classified under a harmful model?) Good question. It's quite subjective and no one knows the answer. Companies have to do lots of self-censorships. However, unlike porn or gamble. We don't have a standard here. > Is the lottery not considered gambling in China? Lottery ticket is gambling, but in China, we call it 福利彩票 which indicate the money will be used in charity. It's quite different from gambling on football or basketball and Lottery ticket