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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Put content that is illegal in China into your code, problem solved!

The phrase Tiananmen Square massacre in each file.

Actually that happened 😂 they accidentally “mirrored” some activists’ repository and got blocked temporarily