Came across this FT article [1] exploring how some Chinese are getting around the mandatory "Study Xi Strong Nation app"[2]. The app requires users to collect a certain amount of points by scrolling through state-media articles about the president and answering quizzes.
Someone open sourced a way to subvert this brainwashing, and now there could be a real chance of Github being blocked in China if this solution gets too much traction. That or Github/Microsoft will take the repo down to appease Beijing.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 17.2 ms ] threadSomeone open sourced a way to subvert this brainwashing, and now there could be a real chance of Github being blocked in China if this solution gets too much traction. That or Github/Microsoft will take the repo down to appease Beijing.
[1]https://www.ft.com/content/adaa462a-4f61-11e9-9c76-bf4a0ce37...
[2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-47236902