The great firewall cracked, briefly. People shined through
The great firewall cracked, briefly. People shined through © Nachiket Deuskar The great firewall cracked, briefly. People shined through For years, the Chinese government has prevented its 1.4 billion people from speaking freely online. A digital wall separated them from the rest of the world. Then, for a precious few days, that wall was breached. Clubhouse, a new social media app that emerged faster than the censors could block it, became a place for Mandarin Chinese speakers from the mainland and anywhere else to speak their minds. They had a lot to say. In Clubhouse’s audio chat rooms...