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by sharkjacobs 462 days ago
> Users who wish to continue reading Times journalism where their access to the main website may be blocked can do so through WhatsApp or Telegram.

elsewhere,

> Apple Says It Was Ordered to Pull WhatsApp From China App Store

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/technology/apple-whatsapp...

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… or just walk right into the central Shanghai library and read the paper copy.

This is possible and I have done it many times.

You know they tear off all pages of negative CPC reports, right?
No, I don’t know that because it is not the case.

I have sat in that library and read the NYT with a big, loud, front page headline critical of China and the CCP.

I have never seen pages missing.

Unfortunately, I have sat in that library last month too. Issues of latest magazines are missing, and some English books have entire chapters omitted.
What does the June 3rd issue look like?
The service itself isn’t available in China either anyway, I think.