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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by Roritharr on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:27PM (#22198439)
I really wonder if I made myself unemployable in China because I posted this.

How far does the censoring actually go?

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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by iliketosleep on Thursday January 30, 2020 @10:15PM (#22198691)
It goes far enough that your concern is valid. Since HN is not exactly mainstream and many Chinese people are posting similar kinds of videos, you're probably okay in this case. However, if you want to make honest comments about China online and still want to travel there, I highly recommend that you post anonymously.
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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by joejerryronnie on Friday January 31, 2020 @01:07AM (#22199496)
I’ve removed a couple HN posts that were super critical of China for fear of some type of online repercussions. You never know.
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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by mantap on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:44PM (#22198517)
China is an autocratic dictatorship so the rules can and do change at any time, retroactively and arbitrarily.

That said you aren't going to be blacklisted for a single comment on HN. That sounds like the kind of thing the US would do.

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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by jdkee on Thursday January 30, 2020 @11:17PM (#22198992)
No, that sounds like the thing China would do once it has perfected pattern recognition in 2023 or so.
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