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China and India has a bigger population, and China has a similar landmass as the US yet is just one option in this poll.

tasuki 5y ago
On the other hand, as of right now, China has 1 point and India 9. That combined is less than Poland, which has 15. It makes sense to have finer granularity for the poll options people will actually choose.
- capableweb 5y ago
  It's 04:33 in the morning in China (in one of the timezones at least), makes sense.
  - Jcampuzano2 5y ago
    China uses one timezone as far as I understand, so it's 5am for all of China atm.
  - numpad0 5y ago
    China is currently has 7 points, 19 hours later. India is 72, Russia is 23, Vietnam 7, UK is 242. hmmm
- jogjayr 5y ago
  People in India are asleep right now.
- Macha 5y ago
  Is HN even accessible behind the great firewall?
  - zhangt_ai 5y ago
  - perlwle 5y ago
    HN has been blocked for more than a year now.
mlindner 5y ago
China also has relatively few people that simultaneously speak English well enough to read/post here while also having easy access to VPNs. If I had to take a guess I would bet there are more people that are Chinese first generation emigrants that live outside of China on HN than there are Chinese citizens that live inside China on HN.
- presentation 5y ago
  Pretty much anyone who speaks English well enough to read/post here would have easy access to a VPN. Firewall is easy to hop, you just need to know that you want to.
sexy_seedbox 5y ago
No choices for Hong Kong or Macao.
muzani 5y ago
There's less people from China and say, Russia, on this site than Minnesota. I think it's a bit weird but the detail works.
- sedan_baklazhan 5y ago
  Not that weird. There are much more popular local websites in Russia at least.
  - capableweb 5y ago
    You mind sharing any of them if they are similar to Hacker News in terms of content, comments and audience? I love browsing websites in languages I don't yet understand fully.
    - sedan_baklazhan 5y ago
      habr.com (habr.com/ru has much more content than English version).

tasuki 5y ago

On the other hand, as of right now, China has 1 point and India 9. That combined is less than Poland, which has 15. It makes sense to have finer granularity for the poll options people will actually choose.

capableweb 5y ago
It's 04:33 in the morning in China (in one of the timezones at least), makes sense.
- Jcampuzano2 5y ago
  China uses one timezone as far as I understand, so it's 5am for all of China atm.
- numpad0 5y ago
  China is currently has 7 points, 19 hours later. India is 72, Russia is 23, Vietnam 7, UK is 242. hmmm
jogjayr 5y ago
People in India are asleep right now.
Macha 5y ago
Is HN even accessible behind the great firewall?
- zhangt_ai 5y ago
- perlwle 5y ago
  HN has been blocked for more than a year now.

mlindner 5y ago

China also has relatively few people that simultaneously speak English well enough to read/post here while also having easy access to VPNs. If I had to take a guess I would bet there are more people that are Chinese first generation emigrants that live outside of China on HN than there are Chinese citizens that live inside China on HN.

presentation 5y ago
Pretty much anyone who speaks English well enough to read/post here would have easy access to a VPN. Firewall is easy to hop, you just need to know that you want to.

sexy_seedbox 5y ago

No choices for Hong Kong or Macao.

muzani 5y ago

There's less people from China and say, Russia, on this site than Minnesota. I think it's a bit weird but the detail works.

sedan_baklazhan 5y ago
Not that weird. There are much more popular local websites in Russia at least.
- capableweb 5y ago
  You mind sharing any of them if they are similar to Hacker News in terms of content, comments and audience? I love browsing websites in languages I don't yet understand fully.
  - sedan_baklazhan 5y ago
    habr.com (habr.com/ru has much more content than English version).