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FYI the Chinese government literally pays ppl to sit in massive internet cafes and camp out on various internet forums. They comment about how great China is and how anything bad in China is made not bad by something similar happening in the West.



> FYI the Chinese government literally pays ppl to sit in massive internet cafes and camp out on various internet forums. They comment about how great China is and how anything bad in China is made not bad by something similar happening in the West.

They're called the "50 Cent Army" or "50 Cent Party."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party

The details of the contemporary Chinese censorship regime are actually pretty interesting. It's not as simple as just banning content and keywords they don't like, even with the benefit of the great firewall.




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