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China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report (infosec.exchange)
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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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[–] czardestructo@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

You haven't worked with a lot of Chinese engineers, have you? https://www.chinaexpatsociety.com/culture/the-chabuduo-mindset

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Just discovered I was Chinese all this time!

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I love how they reinvent a universal experience as uniquely Chinese

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They stole half assing it from the West!

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not as bad as you make it out to be, and I actually worked in the US with more Chinese engineers than US engineers.

[–] czardestructo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I didn't down vote you. I'm not saying all Chinese engineers are bad, I'm just saying a lot are bad or don't care enough about details just execution as fast and with as little effort as possible.