I live in CHINA and I use VPN to subscribe ur channel

watching from mainland China ;)

2 minutes silence for Zuckerbergs efforts 🙏

you missed one vital aspect: censorship/filter on terrorism

Do anything over internet and someone is watching you, be it China or USA.

After a long month, The Story Behind series is back! Sorry for the long wait, IFA and vacation are to blame, but I'm now back in full swing.

Face Book needs to be banned from the World

5:20 ironically I'm watching this from my awesome Chinese phone.

I am a Chinese living in China and I can use UKposts Netflix Facebook and WhatsApp etc. It's because most of us Chinese young people know how to get acess to them by using VPN.

The real question is, why does facebook limit free speech while promoting their own political agendas all the time? Instead of just being a communication tool?

Time flies. Now the US government becomes the biggest international manufacturer of protectionism.

FB should be banned in Europe too!!!!

Look forward to getting a "Behind the story" on the Google - HTC transaction.

i never realized that is the reason why mark zuckerberg is so eager to learn mandarin and married a chinese girl. 😂😂😂

Your videos are brilliant, some of the best analyses of tech issues I've ever heard.

At least China don't go around forcing other countries to boycott facebook Netflix and etc...

The Story Behind is one of the few UKposts series that I think are better than some tv series.

Lmao man I hope this isn't why Mark married his wife. Damn

6:49 I love how although the BBC isn't allowed to sneak in ads inside the UK, they are still eager to add them in outside of the UK!

Well done and spot on. I am Chinese and more than often can not help to be biased towards anything bad said about China. With that being said, your contents were accurate and mutual, good job. Well informed criticism, unlike most of other contents only spread hatred blindly without facts.

Wikipedia is not 100% banned, only the Chinese version of it. You can pretty easily look it up in any language, this means, that only a well-educated small portion of the Chinese population has access to the information, while the majority of the population has to go to "Baidu Baike" for government sanctioned information

Finally another one

Talking about controlling its own citizens... NSA: hold my beer

Please make a detailed video about the new trade war,not only focusing on huawei,but analyzing in general.

To be honest, foreign internet services and apps didn't quite suitable for the Chinese market. Uber did get harassed, but that's not the ultimate reason for its failure. The business model of Uber just doesn't work so well in China. And everyone else include Apple, Tencent and Alibaba are investing DiDi rather than Uber because the team in DiDi know exactly what local needs. And about Facebook, I think it wouldn't be successful in China at all even if it didn't get banned since 2009. There is a similar service called RenRen which enjoys the entire Chinese market since Facebook left but still failed miserably because of the rise of WeChat. WeChat is just a better way to connect with friends and families rather than constantly harassed by "suggested friends" and countless advertisement. Netflix is a great service but I have to say its subscription fees are way too expensive for the Chinese market. Usually, local streaming service would only cost about 200 Yuan which around 30 bucks a year. It is only 1/4 cost of Netflix service. And these streaming services would produce contents suit the taste of local audiences. I think Google would be the only company which potentially would be successful in China if it was not banned. All Chinese phone company are using Android as their phones' OS. And UKposts is still the best place for creators to upload their contents. Its map service is still superb and other services like Google Docs and Gmail are essential to my daily life. But most people in China just didn't care about Google as I do. About the personal information, average Chinese don't care about this as long as their information hasn't been used to do illegal things like frauds. As a matter of fact, many Chinese even happily handle their information to major websites like Weibo and Alipay which then can be easily accessed by government. I know it sounds really bad but most people in China trust government more than companies from foreign countries. There are constant fears among Chinese people that foreign powers would use any means to destabilize Chinese society and suppress the rise of China.

Great honest video, the military aspect was new to me so thanks. Maybe a follow up video where you campare the Chinese situation with the Indian would be nice. Also who writes the software for Android phones if they can't access Google? Keep up the great work. See you on the UKposts trends ;)

You forgot one thing: WeChat’s Mini App approach. That essentially means that WeChat doesn’t just offer messages (as the name suggests), but almost EVERYTHING from Shopping to Video Streaming to Taxi Transportations, etc.

great video, very informative

2:22 the best shameless plug if I've ever seen one

correction, only taobao needs your personal ID

Nice analysis although a bunch of intel was left out but nice summary

Not sure if the author has ever lived in China...34 movies per year just means for cinema, but on the internet in China, you can easily watch all US movies and dramas. Also if Facebook do the same thing like Tiktok does, which is : building up a separate data center in US, does not send data back to China, and obey all regulations and laws in US, then Facebook can also do business in China. Whereas Facebook and UKposts refused to build a separate data center and accept Chinese laws or regulations.

tbh we do this in the west but just not as obvious and extreme.

Watching this in China 👍

You are right. The 3 reasons are true. I won't argue about the 1st one as it's just a different way to manage your country . Time will say which one is better. As for the 2nd and 3rd, it may seems bad for those foreign companies . But if you are the one who manage a big country and want to be stronger and avoid any other superpower's suppression, you will do the exactly same thing. And me? I'm just nobody living a normal life in China. I've been through the time hating everything the gov did. Now I grew up and I knew there's no perfect gov . Every family got skeletons in the closet. And I understand and love my country.

Clear and easy. Thks for unscrabling the info. for us. Take care.

Good quality. Keep it up.

Can you also make a video like “Why USA is blocking Huawei and ZTE”, we really want to know the real reasons.

Thanks for god,US existed Edward Snowden once,now he protect Himself in Russia.

the whole list u linked ->> [ citation needed ], only 8 citation in that 200+ list, really good research there

Hi TechAltar, I just want or correct you a little bit that somehow WhatsApp is not banned yet (my last time in China was in July but I guess it's still working). As for Wikipedia, the Chinese version is banned without doubt, but the English version was completely fine as far as I know.

Fun fact, Wiki is currently not banned although you will have problems accessing the Chinese version in mainland China. Also, if the foreign company agrees to operate under the regulation and supervision of Chinese administration will be fine in China (e.g. look at how gaming consolos enter and stay in the Chinese market). Of course, this is definitely a lot more complicated than what we can see on the surface...

This comments section has turned into a propaganda festival of all sorts. That's social media for you !

on that iphone leather bag thing. here in Australia, we don't have Burger Kings, we have hungry jacks. because some food takeaway place in SA took the name already. Burger King was forced to pick another name. People fight over name rights or even domain rights all the time.

Now with this Cambridge Analytica news and stories, you know other whys.

Russian internet tech comapies also don't fall behind: Yandex is more popular than google in search, maps and navigation (may be e-mail), vk.com is more poular than facebook, Yandex.taxi used to be more/equaly popular as Uber (before its murger with Uber in Russia) and etc. The market was not isolated or smth, just nobody gave a shit about it, so Russian companies got big before foreign came to the market.

Will citizens of CHINA be Able to tric system with VPN and using other DNS? (if yes there is no blocking)

Thanks for this video, it's very informative coming from someone who has worked in China, thank you.

Do a video about what they do in Russian Federation

Wikipedia English version is not be banned here in China.I can search for information on English Wikipedia easily（I'm in Beijing）

I'm in contact with persons in China via Whatsapp. Sometimes the transmission takes a few days, but eventually everything gets through. Quora is a major page where everyone can write information or have a blog which is neither banned in China.

4:35. You missed a crucial part. Foreign company (usually white owned) goes to China with high hopes. Partners with a Chinese (as required by government). Chinese partner learns inner working of the business system (tech, management etc). Foreign partner is forced out of China.

NSA will tell you why.

Internet service is similar to electricity grid and water supply service of a country. They are not free-market, but instead naturally dominated by few monopolies, with or without any government administrative influences

About the iphone threadmark thing, I'm sure Chinesse judges are incredibly careful on such cases with high rate of media exposure and the result is entirely based on local IP law.

Never thought of military...sounds serious...

When Americans do the same its not called BAN it is called "protecting our borders" or "patriotism"

RIP Mark Zuckerberg

So, my app which will be free for merchants and customers alike. Will be banned in China? Even tho, it will help customers and merchants really?

You were right. There’s definitely economical reasons as well.

Who else is watching this in China

You should read more history to see how those giant companies got successful in EVERY country.

02:30 Googles confusing messaging services 😂😂😂

Orson Wells would be saying, I TOLD YOU SO!

I live in China and now using VPN

yes chinese goverment did smart thing . now we have our own internet system and better . i love you chinese goverment .

The authority is doing selective screening on all foreign tech. company to make sure only those can provide top notch technology that are absolutely needed by the country are allowed to stay and do business, seem like a smart move to protect new start up local tech. company.

5:42 Nope, only hashed passwords are meant to be stored on their server.

My friend’s currently in china, I wonder how she is posting stuffs on Instagram, Facebook and all that on hourly basis then LOL

While almost everything you said had some truth in it, your view is completely slanted. You didn't mention anything about the massive propaganda assault that the U.S. constantly grinds against China. Western media is almost empty of good news events coming out of China such as their amazing response to the Sichuan Earthquake, the fact that they outspend all other nations in green energy development, and spend more to elevate the poor through education, health, and housing programs. For instance, in the last 30 years the American poor and middle class have flat-lined while at the same time the Chinese have experienced a 400% increase in wealth and have seen a huge surge in standing of living -- this goes unreported in the U.S.. If the CIA hadn't weaponized Facebook and other social media, it wouldn't have been banned. They used it as a recruiting and propaganda tool and that just wasn't welcome. Look at how RT is on the verge of being banned in the US and they're just a news show. Imagine if Weibo a major social media in the U.S. and it was being actively used to foment dissent, recruit spies, and slander Washington... it would lose it's licence immediately for being a "hostile foreign actor" as the U.S. gov terms such enterprises. Facebook was a hostile foreign actor, so it got banned. When companies want to do business in the West, they have to follow the local laws. If companies want to do business in the East, they still have to follow the local laws (no matter how must they'd like to think only Western laws matter). Again, most everything you said is true, but you left out some key facts such as Western governments do the same thing, and a lot of those banned companies were actively working against China, were crawling with Western spies, and were scoffing at Chinese law.

Why Tiktok (Tencent) or Xiaomi, Oppo, Huwaye is not banned in other countries ???

Is kakaotalk banned in China as well?

First I thought you know what you were talking about, until you mentioned DIDI vs UBER.

This is so true U nailed it

How to download the video.I can't make sense...

Every time I became sleepy watching your chat chat chat chat chat chat. Name your channel name " chat chat channel "

Wake up Indian government. Learn from China. Understand the power of one billion people and start producing your own tech and everything else.

China: 1984 America: brave new world Pick one

3:03 it is you own choose to connect with them.

well well well time to update the video

Every nation should make such policies ,,so domestic companies can become rich like tencent

Funny . that's good explaining to make me happy today. LOL

How many times u went to China? And how long have u been there?

I laughed my ass off when you say “Google values “

2:29 'all 500 of Google's confusing messaging services' 500 ?

approved you used to work in China, you are so right about China.

People just forgotten that mark Zuckerberg also own Instagram, WhatsApp etc

I'm working and living in AUS now, and about the FB and youtube, not impressed.

l am from hongkong.l love my motherland.China is amazing.every app is amazing.we dont need cash in China.every thing is convince .good food and nice people and most safe in the world.chinese is most friendly in the world.l love them

nice video ! Thank you )))

this is a good video without biased opinions

You did mention 3 different aspect from your angle and I think they are partly right. However you have to know that there is a direct reason why China banned Facebook at the first time, which is about terrorism attacking random citizens. This link is the detailed information about it: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/nmKkppx7roNj1IU.html. After that, China raised some laws to protect their citizens not attacked by terrorism. Google and some other banned companies did not want to abide by this law, while Microsoft and some others was willing to. That is exactly why Google and others being banned. Just ask this question to yourself: How could Google being banned while Microsoft can still run businesses in China? Was it China’s problem or was it just Google not abiding by laws?

Why they ban Bitcoin

You cannot possibly kiss more ass than that. I literally bursted into laughter. 😂😂😂😂😂

Watching this video from Shanghai, China.

But Wikipedia is not banned in China tho And regarding the part about bounding id to people's social media accounts, that is actually not a requirement. Feel like a lot of the things you said that are happening in China are not substantial. But anyway, it could be just me, you probably have experienced something different than me.

1. America also control its own citizens and US of A want to control other countries. 2. Every country in the world has had protectionism. 3. Again, most countries on the planet need to have military control over things that could potentially harm the country and the stability of the society. 4. These aren’t really reasons, they are just too broad and can be used as arguments against rival position at anywhere. 5. Broad terms can often translated in different meanings depend on what you believe. 6. I was hoping you did some good research but turns out “meh”.

China historically is not an aggressive nation nor a preacher of communism to western democracies. Sadly most tension and misunderstanding between nations now is caused by malicious fake news posted and shared on social media. Shame that such a wonderful learning tool is being mid-used by so many people. I wish you all a safe,long and happy healthy life. Xx

every region ，countries should have their own techs and internet apps，whatever us eu china russia indian africa etc，and we can make equally communication，use others apps when you are at their countries

I taught in China for 10 years. This is an excellent analysis.