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by bzb5 2089 days ago
> the Wikimedia Foundation was carrying out political activities via the volunteer-led Wikimedia Taiwan chapter

Is this true?

2 comments

It is true. So much as stating that the Republic of China (Taiwan) is a de facto independent country with its own territory, military, government, and permanent populace is political. The existence of many Wikipedia pages about Taiwan that reflect that is an inherently political activity (from CCP perspective).
Isn't everything political these days? Advocating against govt backdoors is "political". Advocating for LGBT rights is "political". Joining WIPO is political, because they clearly want to influence how intellectual property laws are developed/written.
I imagine this article doesn’t include the whole story and is probably biased. Perhaps China was more specific about whatever Wikimedia did.
This is a funny joke when it is not about silencing people.
Nuance? In a discussion about China? How dare you.