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You know, putting the merits of the Draft RFC aside, at least this was submitted as an RFC and they didn't just go ahead and unilaterally do this. This way, the RFC can be properly ignored. Or, on the other hand, when China completely disappears from the Internet and starts using its own DNS root system, we'll at least know what they are doing.


Keep in mind this was proposed by someone at a business school and two people who work at phone companies, not by government officials.


'though they are all government employees, indirectly.


No, they aren't. Working for a government owned company is not working for the government. They can have no affiliation with the CCP (which isn't possible if you work for a government department).


What distinction do you make between the Chinese government and the CCP? Aren't they pretty much the same thing?


They are the same thing. Government owned companies are not "part of the government" like government departments are. The CEO's and directors are probably all members of the party, but labelling every employee as a party member running the party agenda is false.

There are even 'members' (large numbers) of the party who do not agree/encourage the party agenda.




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