Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
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Re: Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
#2Is this surprising at all?
Re: Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
#3Is this surprising at all?
NOPE
Re: Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
#4The question is, how did the Chinese immigration know?
for each applicant do select count(*) from people_who_pissed_us where social_username = applicant.fb.username?
Re: Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
#5An indirect reminder that now that YC China is a thing @sama and @paulg and any other affiliated will have to avoid saying anything negative about China in order to keep doing business there.
Re: Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
#6The question is, how did the Chinese immigration know? for each applicant do select count(*) from people_who_pissed_us where social_username = applicant.fb.username?
One infers their systems are highly integrated (tax/crime/social/banking/education/gps all unified)
Re: Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
#7An indirect reminder that now that YC China is a thing @sama and @paulg and any other affiliated will have to avoid saying anything negative about China in order to keep doing business there.
If YC China succeeds and becomes big there, it'll inevitably draw Chinese attention back to YC US including news.ycombinator.com. I would expect they'll have to begin blocking sensitive discussions on HN in the near future. The wave of one hand is all it takes to destroy YC China, because of one upsetting thread on HN getting back to authorities in China.
If they plan to stay in bed with China and all that entails, it might not be a bad idea to formally separate HN off from YC (for the sake of YC and the sake of HN). The Chinese authorities are extremely sensitive about certain things, easily insulted, and unforgiving about the lack of compliance. They've barred far larger targets for far less than the discussions that go on here.
Re: Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
#8The question is, how did the Chinese immigration know? for each applicant do select count(*) from people_who_pissed_us where social_username = applicant.fb.username?
It's not that hard. When you apply for a visa you must state if you're a journalist or not. After that, a quick Google should suffice, especially if the articles written by her became popular.
Re: Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
#9The question is, how did the Chinese immigration know? for each applicant do select count(*) from people_who_pissed_us where social_username = applicant.fb.username?
China is really good at keeping track of dissent.
Re: Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage of Xinjiang crackdown
#10The question is, how did the Chinese immigration know? for each applicant do select count(*) from people_who_pissed_us where social_username = applicant.fb.username?
One infers their systems are highly integrated (tax/crime/social/banking/education/gps all unified)
Or even as simple as a procedure:
(1) search for the applicant on google/baidu
(2) if the searches reveal support or sympathy for dissident or seditious activity, deny the visa application.