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You would visit in person if you were a true skeptic. It seems to come from this policy.

https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-passes-sweeping-re...




I am aware of these claims. The document to which you linked says, “If enforced as intended…”

It is not clear to me how universally these regulations are enforced.

My skepticism requires that I go there? This is a different definition of skepticism than I was previously aware of. During the Cold War, I was skeptical of many of the claims about the evil Soviets. I did not have the opportunity then to visit. Was I not a proper skeptic?


A true skeptic might not even believe a Russia exists without visiting. A proper skeptic would need to be skeptic of both sides and all information coming out. A common skeptic would watch the news and only be skeptical about your side.

Universally? There is only one tiktok. But in general the ministry of culture and security handle that. They literally employ millions of people to assist in watching what anyone says online. You online entity is connected to your national card. Go check it out for yourself you won't believe it until you see it.


What makes you so certain of these assertions? They don’t match what my Chinese friends say.


I can start you here:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-24396957

Let me know if you need any help navigating a search engine but you should be able to put similiar keywords and get a variety of information from any number of sources.


Of course I have read the often repeated claims written in English by those who have no personal experience with China.

One of the sibling comments guided me to https://www.douyin.com where ten minutes of browsing was enough to disprove the claim "the algorithm is specifically tuned to reward dumb content in the US, compared to rewarding STEM and other educational content in China".




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