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Re:China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival Gi... by ipsum2 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:26PM (#25839096)
Microsoft / Bing is allowed in China.
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Re:China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival Gi... by beerandt on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:05PM (#25850494)
Flip the perception: In China, US govt doesn't have MS levels of access to info, potentially including protected user data & non-public hosting /admin data.

Even if that's not the case, being in China avoids (most?) NSA choke points.

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