China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report

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GitCode, a git-hosting website operated Chongqing Open-Source Co-Creation Technology Co Ltd and with technical support from CSDN and Huawei Cloud.

It is being reported that many users' repository are being cloned and re-hosted on GitCode without explicit authorization.

There is also a thread on Ycombinator (archived link)

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Yea they would have to do their bidding if the government came knocking with subpoenas.

Funny how you say something similar and we have such different karma for it.

Might be because of our approaches?

Your's comes across as a sort of whatabout that nobody asked for and mine is just a statement of fact related to what you mentioned.

It's not inaccurate to say that the Chinese government has a tighter leash on all business in their country than the US has in theirs though.