Millions of Chinese expats using VPNs to get back inside China's Great Firewall

abc.net.au

13 points·microwavecamera··6 comments

Sounds like they want to get around region locks on their favorite content sites rather than a wish to remain censored.

Yeah I think they are conflating two things in the article.

The best place to get Chinese music or music videos is probably Chinese websites or apps.

Whether anyone really prefers a more censored news feed or something -- that is totally possible if it's what someone grew up with, but it is also completely different from wanting to access your old playlist.

Yeah I got this impression too. Very misleading

People have been doing this for years, e.g. here is one popular project: https://github.com/uku/Unblock-Youku

Chinese video sites carry Chinese-language (and English) content for which they hold only domestic licences.

clickbait article, really useless content. chinese people overseas can’t access their favourite apps and music. they use a vpn to regain that access. is this even worth an article, yet alone a topic on HN?

OP here. Yes, the article itself it somewhat vague but I found the implications relevant and thought others would also. We tend to view and focus on the use of cryptographic privacy tech like VPN's as a way to escape or bypass a more restrictive environment to a less restrictive one but the inverse is just as societally significant and necessary.

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