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> There’s one rather glaring hole in this story of immediate outrage from Chinese fans over Morey’s tweet:

> Twitter is banned in China.

I didn't even realize until now. They are simply censoring (mainly)American social media posts. On the internet.

Wikipedia is also banned. Most social media is banned. Though these sites are generally allowed in HK. Many people also do use VPNs, but that's a different topic.

Not now - Chinese is turning Wikipedia into a censorship weapon. What you can see on Wikipedia (in Chinese) are largely edited by Chinese government.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49921173

Let me clarify: Wikipedia is banned in Mainland China (what Westerners mean when they say "China"). It is allowed in Hong Kong and Taiwan - which are outside the great firewall. That doesn't mean they aren't censoring and editing the Chinese language Wikipedia. They definitely are. Also consider that many people from China (read: mainland China) are coming to the US and the west for school. They tend to read the Chinese language versions of Wiki, not the English ones.

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