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> the Wikimedia Foundation was carrying out political activities via the volunteer-led Wikimedia Taiwan chapter Is this true?

• Proven 6y ago
  So what if it was? The site is already blocked inside of China and will remain blocked as long as there is one word that the communists don't like. Do you think that is the only reason? How about the content Great Leap Forward or Uighur concentration camps? Should Wikipedia remove all content disliked by the CCP? Why wouldn't any other government follow the same pattern and block the Foundation from joining next year? Would you use Wikipedia if you knew any page was potentially full of incorrect and untruthful information?
• gruez 6y ago
  Isn't everything political these days? Advocating against govt backdoors is "political". Advocating for LGBT rights is "political". Joining WIPO is political, because they clearly want to influence how intellectual property laws are developed/written.
  • bzb5 6y ago
    I imagine this article doesn’t include the whole story and is probably biased. Perhaps China was more specific about whatever Wikimedia did.
    • xbar 6y ago
      This is a funny joke when it is not about silencing people.
    • approxim8ion 6y ago
      Nuance? In a discussion about China? How dare you.
• eloisius 6y ago
  It is true. So much as stating that the Republic of China (Taiwan) is a de facto independent country with its own territory, military, government, and permanent populace is political. The existence of many Wikipedia pages about Taiwan that reflect that is an inherently political activity (from CCP perspective).