Beijing is banning all foreign media from publishing online in China

Post by valleyer » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 12:51 PM UTC

snnn wrote: post #202

rdlecler1 wrote: post #137

Any non-Chinese company that insists on tying its fortune to the Chinese market is taking on tremendous risk. The goal posts are always changing , you need to constantly worry about IP theft, you can easily get on the wrong side of the government, and they strongly protect local interests. Investment is welcome, but as soon as you actually start making a lot of money and recouping your investment some barrier of sort…

You may search what happened to Microsoft's Chinese business, especially the sales of Windows, and their partnership to China Electronics Corporation. And why companies like NASDAQ: SINA ,NASDAQ: PWRD must use a VIE structure. Whenever there is a rule, there is a way to legally bypass it.

Post by ams6110 » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 2:26 PM UTC

ldehaan wrote: post #209

digi_owl wrote: post #193

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Not really. The fallacy is likely to come on the next line below the quote, where the quote gets used as an excuse to ignore all laws. including things like traffic regulations and public drunkenness. The overall message is that laws and government is an obstruction to be ignored or demolished. As i get older i learn that while it is good to question laws and regulations, many of them have actual factual reasons to e…

I think it's simpler than that, as you get older you recognize patterns, and you then associate those patterns to things, negative or positive. I see this with myself and people who are aging with me, we have so much to do as we get older that we have automated thinking around certain subjects. I think the younger people lack this conditioning to things as they are and can see better methodologies for approaching the…

Post by snnn » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 3:37 PM UTC

snnn wrote: post #201

troebr wrote: post #128

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They don't block foreign VPNs?

Certainly they do. They use a machine learning DPI algorithm to block oversea VPNs and HTTPS/Socks proxys. So you can't hide your proxy in SSL or ssh tunnels.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 4:30 PM UTC

Mikeb85 wrote: post #154

microcolonel wrote: post #149

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The definitions are far more vague in this case. They could basically make the case that anything is "undermining social stability"; whereas making the same judgement in Canada would be tougher. "endangering social morality or national cultural tradition" could probably even include publishing anything upsetting or otherwise true about the party.

> making the same judgement in Canada would be tougher. Kind of like stripping the citizenship of and deporting a Canadian who was born in Canada and never stepped foot in the country they're being deported to?

Post by PakG1 » Sat, Feb 20, 2016, 5:16 PM UTC

snnn wrote: post #244

Aloisius wrote: post #229

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How common are VPNs and proxies in China? Is there a lot of demand for getting around the great wall?

Almost all foreigners has a vpn to access their facebook and gmail. And for the demand, let me show you an example: Several months ago, a malware, XcodeGhost, infects EVERY large internet company in China. The attack worked by tricking developers into using a fake version of Xcode, Apple's software development tool, to build apps. So their apps were published to Apple App Store with hidden malicious code. This virus…