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Re:The worrying implications of China's social-credit project by digi_owl on Saturday December 17, 2016 @04:25PM (#13202734)
I suspect USA don't need a great firewall, because so few of the public can read anything but english.

In contrast anyone Chinese that are active online effectively has to be capable of understanding both english and Chinese.

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Re:The worrying implications of China's social-credit project by zhemao on Saturday December 17, 2016 @04:35PM (#13202786)
Why would not reading anything other than English matter? There are a large number of English language news sources based outside the US. Even inside the US, there is a wide range of news sources with varying ideologies.
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Re:The worrying implications of China's social-credit project by icebraining on Saturday December 17, 2016 @08:41PM (#13203866)
In contrast anyone Chinese that are active online effectively has to be capable of understanding both english and Chinese.

I find that hard to believe. I know it's not true for Portuguese native speakers, and China seems to be even more keen on providing native alternatives to foreign sites.

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