Kind of OT, but the media outlet that published this article kind of gave me a weird vibe. Then I looked it up, and apparently it's a CCP-approved, strictly censored news organization[1], like most other news sources based in China.

Really don't want to get into details, but some articles[2] don't even acknowledge all viewpoints, which makes it clear that there's some censorship going on behind the scenes.

Despite that, I have to agree the OP is definitely interesting and relevant to HN.

[1]: https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/03/china-explained-sixth-t...

[2]: http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1004929/user-concerns-over-fac...