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They ARE being watched abroad, if I'm not mistaken. They keep using WeChat to communicate with family/friends so...

• anfilt 5y ago
  The network effect is even worse when consider a lot of the alternative are banned in china. This makes it difficult basically impossible for Chinese abroad to communicate with their friends and family back in mainland using some alternative service.
  • noisy_boy 5y ago
    Even imagining this is suffocating for someone who hasn't grown up in such a system.
    • enriquto 5y ago
      Ha! What do you think whatsapp is?
      • noisy_boy 5y ago
        I get it. But atleast I'm not living in fear of my family being put in jail due to some offhand remark on a WhatsApp group (not saying that is not a possibility in future due to how things are turning around the world).