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Isn't the whole Wikipedia domain already blocked in China? I thought Baidu already had a Wikipedia equivalent.

matz1 7y ago
well , they still could use vpn or access it from overseas
fiblye 7y ago
It is. Twitter is as well. Yet it’s still flooded with people posting in simplified Chinese about how freedom of speech is stupid and foreigners need to shut up and leave matters alone, completely unaware of any irony.
- goatinaboat 7y ago
  Twitter is as well. We can imagine the following dialogue: Chinese patriot: I’m really angry about what the NBA said on Twitter about China! Chinese secret police: We admire your patriotism Comrade... but how are you using Twitter?
  - ohduran 7y ago
    Tien An Men Square: In this site, in 1989, nothing happened. Taken from the Simpsons: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q_Kixfvq1lY/SiU_RKPsCdI/AAAAAAAAArM/Nh2-9FGQ3Gk/s400/Tiananmen+simpsonschina.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q_Kixfvq1lY/SiU_RKPsCdI/AAAAAAAAA...
- gnode 7y ago
  Maybe this is because the Great Firewall doesn't apply in China's special administrative regions (Hong Kong; Macau), yet there are many Chinese speakers there. I'd expect this is the main audience for Chinese-language Wikipedia articles, and the PRC would want to control the narrative seen by them.
  - gruez 7y ago
    >Maybe this is because the Great Firewall doesn't apply in China's special administrative regions (Hong Kong; Macau), GP mentioned they were in simplified Chinese. Don't those regions use traditional Chinese?
    - philliphaydon 7y ago
      Yes. And they also speak Cantonese.
flyinghamster 7y ago
I'd assume that the Great Firewall has different settings for ordinary citizens, foreign visitors, purpose-built troll farms, low-ranking party members, and high-ranking apparatchiks. China has basically used Orwell as an instruction manual.
ktln2 7y ago
There are tons of Chinese students studying in other countries. They are organized by Chinese consulate to "flex their muscle" against anything "anti-china". [1] https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3025721/chinese-embassy-us-urges-students-tell-chinas-story-well-and https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3025721/ch... [2] https://www.apnews.com/7b0f328f266f46c1a498a16a5ad03fbc https://www.apnews.com/7b0f328f266f46c1a498a16a5ad03fbc

well , they still could use vpn or access it from overseas

It is. Twitter is as well. Yet it’s still flooded with people posting in simplified Chinese about how freedom of speech is stupid and foreigners need to shut up and leave matters alone, completely unaware of any irony.

goatinaboat 7y ago
Twitter is as well. We can imagine the following dialogue: Chinese patriot: I’m really angry about what the NBA said on Twitter about China! Chinese secret police: We admire your patriotism Comrade... but how are you using Twitter?
- ohduran 7y ago
  Tien An Men Square: In this site, in 1989, nothing happened. Taken from the Simpsons: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q_Kixfvq1lY/SiU_RKPsCdI/AAAAAAAAArM/Nh2-9FGQ3Gk/s400/Tiananmen+simpsonschina.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q_Kixfvq1lY/SiU_RKPsCdI/AAAAAAAAA...
gnode 7y ago
Maybe this is because the Great Firewall doesn't apply in China's special administrative regions (Hong Kong; Macau), yet there are many Chinese speakers there. I'd expect this is the main audience for Chinese-language Wikipedia articles, and the PRC would want to control the narrative seen by them.
- gruez 7y ago
  >Maybe this is because the Great Firewall doesn't apply in China's special administrative regions (Hong Kong; Macau), GP mentioned they were in simplified Chinese. Don't those regions use traditional Chinese?
  - philliphaydon 7y ago
    Yes. And they also speak Cantonese.

flyinghamster 7y ago

I'd assume that the Great Firewall has different settings for ordinary citizens, foreign visitors, purpose-built troll farms, low-ranking party members, and high-ranking apparatchiks. China has basically used Orwell as an instruction manual.

ktln2 7y ago

There are tons of Chinese students studying in other countries. They are organized by Chinese consulate to "flex their muscle" against anything "anti-china". [1] https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3025721/chinese-embassy-us-urges-students-tell-chinas-story-well-and https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3025721/ch... [2] https://www.apnews.com/7b0f328f266f46c1a498a16a5ad03fbc https://www.apnews.com/7b0f328f266f46c1a498a16a5ad03fbc