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Chinese wikipedia�*s content — and we build a mirror site, we build a fort of wikipedia in china. it is going to be better than wikipedia�*s current competitors in china because we are providing unintelligible information from just unintelligible from wikipedia in china and people will have a better platform to actually write about encyclopaedia articles. the biggest thing thats preventing mainland chinese people from expressing the viewpoint of mainland chinas people is the chinese govern...

Trying to rewrite history. while these editors may use state—registered e—mails and vpns to get across the internet that�*s otherwise banned in china, john says it�*s not a straightforward situation of beijing ordering the edits. there seems to be an overflow of patriotism in china and these changes are being carried out by people loyal to the communist party, but they are not paid for by the government and they are not all based in china, either. and in contrast tojohn in hong kong, the...

There were allegations that these men both had triad connections but were also in cooperation with the police, ultimately backed by beijing. but on the chinese wikipedia page of the incident, the second of these pictures was removed and then two days later, well over 100 further edits was made to the page. changes were being thrown back and forth between words such as �*rural factions�* to �*terrorists�* or �*conflict�* replacing �*terror attack�*. but worst still, the edit wars ...

Hmm. but over the last couple of years, weve uncovered evidence that some of wikipedias articles are being changed to present a particular country in a more positive light — and thats china. you remember what carl millerfound when we sent him to taiwan? yes — articles about taiwans independence were being edited to swing more in line with chinas view. although carl did point out that these views are not lies — after all, who is wikipedia to override the opinions of many people in the most ...

Editors were ganging up to undo my edits. when i took my concerns to a higher level in wikipedia, the pro—beijing editors tried to use their numbers to crowd me out, so my voice did not get heard. we put all of this to wikimedia, the foundation responsible for wikipedia, to ask just how long they think the largest encyclopaedia can survive when it�*s become a battleground. we come at it from a very, very hardcore ideological perspective about neutrality, about freedom of expression, about qu...

One of them. he lives abroad now, but used to organise events in china, teaching citizens there how to edit wikipedia. he denies misusing the platform and says that the removal of active pro—beijing editors is detrimental to the neutrality of wikipedia as a whole. wikipedia, especially chinese wikipedia, is a balance that anti—beijing forces and the pro—beijing forces must maintain a balance and people agree on a compromise in order for the project to proceed. and the thing is you�*re re...

So carl and danny have teamed up to ask whether wikipedias open knowledge goals are really compatible with a world where different countries have different views on the truth. stephen mcdonell: tear gas, which is being fired. _ you can see from above behind them, the riot police have these two water cannon trucks. in hong kong, beijing has been clamping down on descent since the start of the protests in 2019. the clashes between the police and pro—democracy demonstrators may have subsided for ...

Other views of the world and that an encyclopaedia should present an explanation of all these various viewpoints ina fairway. the way wikipedia works is that while anyone can edit an article, higher—level administrators act as the ultimate decision—makers. they are vetted and elected by a community of writers within each country, which wikipedia says is crucial to preserving the integrity of the people�*s encyclopaedia. but yet, in recent weeks, 12 administrators from mainland china have e...

But to get a sense ofjust how real the situation is on the ground right now, we asked our bbc hong kong correspondent danny vincent to dig deeper. i met someone we�*re going to call �*john�*, who continues to edit articles on wikipedia relating to important events in hong kong�*s recent past, so a balanced viewpoint is presented. we gathered in a neutral location and under the cover of darkness. since the introduction of beijing�*s national security law, wikipedia seems to have become ...

These are edits that usually look at the event from a western prism and what chinese editors deem biased. but to get a sense ofjust how real the situation is on the ground right now, we asked our bbc hong kong correspondent danny vincent to dig deeper. i met someone we�*re going to call �*john�*, who continues to edit articles on wikipedia relating to important events in hong kong�*s recent past, so a balanced viewpoint is presented. we gathered in a neutral location and under the cover ...