And/or to build a local competitor. The more Github is down, the more it is considered "anti-China" in China, the easier to build a local competitor. Or even g

And/or to build a local competitor. The more Github is down, the more it is considered "anti-China" in China, the easier to build a local competitor. Or even globally. GitHub is, as you say, very important for the IT industry. Maybe China thinks it's too important. Make Github unusable for everyone else in the world and people, even outside China, might start looking elsewhere.