VPN crackdown ‘unthinkable’ trial by firewall for China’s research world

Re:VPN crackdown ‘unthinkable’ trial by firewall for China’s... by OnlineCourage on Sunday July 23, 2017 @04:12PM (#14834142)

I would be absolutely shocked if this happens. Less than 1% of China's population speaks English beyond learning for business purposes. Making learning English illegal would be impossible to enforce, you would have to build additional infrastructure on the internet just to specifically block english courses. What you are suggesting is actually more complex.

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Re:VPN crackdown ‘unthinkable’ trial by firewall for China’s... by heroprotagonist on Sunday July 23, 2017 @04:33PM (#14834239)

To be fair, there is a world of difference between 'stop teaching English in schools' and 'making learning English illegal'.

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Re:VPN crackdown ‘unthinkable’ trial by firewall for China’s... by vinceguidry on Sunday July 23, 2017 @10:41PM (#14835544)

I would never want to underestimate the ability of the CCP to scale solutions to political problems. It is, after all, the whole reason the party exists. We once thought the GFW would be impossible and laughed at it.

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Re:VPN crackdown ‘unthinkable’ trial by firewall for China’s... by kimolas on Sunday July 23, 2017 @08:27PM (#14835142)

My Chinese friends tell me it's no longer mandatory for students to take English classes, but it'll likely never be banned outright.

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