Alexander Boyd is Senior Editor for CDT English, and is based in Washington, D.C. He formerly wrote under the pen name "Joseph Brouwer."
When Microsoft’s LinkedIn launched a simplified Chinese webpage for Chinese users in 2014, it admitted it would follow Beijing’s censorship directives. It did so with a gusto that surprised even those who had engineered the...
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