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Not sure why you were downvoted, I think you're making fair points; I live in Korea and see very similar mindsets here. Another reason specific to China is tha
by hocuspocus 12y ago
Not sure why you were downvoted, I think you're making fair points; I live in Korea and see very similar mindsets here.
Another reason specific to China is that it's downright impossible for a foreign company to operate an internet service there, the required licenses are incredibly complex to acquire. For instance, in order for Microsoft to launch Azure in China, they had to partner up with the biggest Chinese hosting company (21Vianet).
- lambdasquirrel 12y agoTrying to talk about these things in Western circles is kind of curious. I could make these points with my Native-born Asian friends from college just fine. Actually, I can see some of them saying these things outright. There's a weird line drawn where you can say "A Chinese copy of Github," with all the implications it entails, but you can't go further than that. In my mind, the title is inflammatory; I was borderline being apologist, and suggesting there are ways in which the West is no better, which means that no one is happy.