Re:Notepad++ drops Bing after “tank man” censorship
by rossjudson on Monday June 07, 2021 @05:39PM
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Your use of the word "hope" there is pretty funny. ;)
I am quite sure that Chinese people travelling abroad are 100% familiar with what they should not talk or write about once they get home.
Re:Notepad++ drops Bing after “tank man” censorship
by ralph84 on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:03PM
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You don't need to qualify that with "once they get home". Chinese who talk or write about the wrong things will be hunted down wherever they are in the world. China managed to get the UAE to detain a US permanent resident for almost two months when he was traveling from Istanbul to New York with a connection in Dubai.
https://apnews.com/article/europe-china-dubai-middle-east-he...
Re:Notepad++ drops Bing after “tank man” censorship
by slumdev on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:00PM
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Yeah, I think very few are under any logical or intellectual delusion, but constant reinforcement and signaling affects everyone subconsciously.
Re:Notepad++ drops Bing after “tank man” censorship
by monksy on Monday June 07, 2021 @11:16PM
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Don't worry they won't let people stray that much:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius_Institute
Also, they tend to have family back home that can be pressured.
Re:Notepad++ drops Bing after “tank man” censorship
by colinmhayes on Monday June 07, 2021 @05:48PM
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Chinese people understand that their internet is censored.
It lets the Chinese Communist Party pretend their citizens don't live in a curated bubble designed to reinforce feelings of nationalism and loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party.
Some Chinese are allowed to travel abroad. If they discovered a totally different Internet abroad, they might start asking uncomfortable questions back home. Instead, CCP bosses hope that they simply won't notice that the domestic Bing isn't the same as Bing everywhere else.