The story has more details and sets the context that makes it obvious that it’s not more nefarious than the existing firewall policy. I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be criticised or anything.
Radio Free Asia is literally an American propaganda outlet.[0]
[0]”Radio Free Asia (RFA) is an American government-funded non-profit corporation operating a news service that broadcasts radio programs and publishes online news, information, and commentary for its audiences in Asia.”
Before labeling it as anti-China, maybe do a bit more research on the topic first.
Anyone who's paying attention to China's surveillance programs knows this project has been running for years, and its impact is greater than what this post describes. It really is a police state. Maybe it is beyond your imagination so you can't comprehend how this is possible, but that's the reality.
I just think the extra context the article provides is more measured and less emotive, so you can read the situation better. I’m in favour of criticising everything, including China.
Given the emotional way Chinese news articles are written with a heavy sense of righteous conclusion, I’ve always wondered if western news organizations would be considered even more anti-Chinese if they just passed through Chinese article with only translation, or even passed through English articles written by Chinese news organizations.
Also, I’m pretty sure this law existed before when I lived in China (I remember hearing about it) but it hasn’t ever been implemented outside of Xinjiang (and even then they just target non-Hui minorities). China isn’t a rule of law country, and a lot of written laws are just aspirational or for posturing. I’m actually really skeptical of this Twitter post because such mass action in a city like Guangzhou would be a crazy hard logistic problem. Maybe one PSB office was doing it for one day for their district, but I doubt they targeted more than a few buildings? Another reason why western news organizations can’t really report on China very well, they see the word “law” and think it has the same weight as it does in rule of law countries. Freedom of speech and press is also guaranteed by the Chinese constitution, for example, but it isn’t very meaningful.
> If it detects you trying to install apps gov't disapproved such as Twitter or cryptocurrency, immediately an alarm sends to police.
How is this breathlessly anti-China?
Isn’t this almost literally the same that the (much longer) article you link to says?
The only real difference seems to be that this has been the case for some time but only recently have the police been pushing it?
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(Or, is there some hidden thread only people with Twitter accounts can see linked to this this tweet?)