What is life like in China? How does its economy work? Is it obsessed with censorship, or actually defending its sovereignty against foreign interference? Jo...
I’ve been studying Mandarin for the past two years here, and I’m seriously considering moving to China if I’m able as well. And yeah, from what I’ve read, the whole firewall thing is really overblown in the west. It seems like it’s largely intended as a way to mitigate US media dominance and it’s basically a blacklist for a few particularly offensive sites like Fb.
I’ve been studying Mandarin for the past two years here, and I’m seriously considering moving to China if I’m able as well. And yeah, from what I’ve read, the whole firewall thing is really overblown in the west. It seems like it’s largely intended as a way to mitigate US media dominance and it’s basically a blacklist for a few particularly offensive sites like Fb.