Comparisons to China
Commenters repeatedly reference China as a precedent, counterexample, or comparison for whether the article's topic (a policy, technology, or issue) is already implemented, banned, or occurring there.
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china has been doing this for years. what makes you think that this time will be any different?
Maybe not if you're in China.
Funny because apparently China does not want them : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46615263
Wait, are there people who think china doesn't do this!?
Thought china was cracking down on this kind of thing.
Weird that a tightly controlled nation like China hasn't killed the fen yet.
Obvious answer, but China wouldn’t be too crazy about it
"china is doing all this silently"no, actually we just haven't been listening.
No idea why this is downvoted because it's literally what's happening in China, regardless of the failures elsewhere.
Wouldn't surprise me if China has already done this.