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    From evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 19 20:54:16 2023
    Has anyone seen any reports on the Chengdu Worldcon?

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    Evelyn C. Leeper

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  • From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to eleeper@optonline.net on Sat Oct 21 00:38:21 2023
    eleeper@optonline.net <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
    Has anyone seen any reports on the Chengdu Worldcon?

    There have been no posts here from anyone at the con. I can think
    of two explanations:

    * Extremely few non-Chinese are at the con, and none of those few are
    rasff regulars.

    * Usenet and VPNs are blocked by the "Great Firewall of China."

    There have been a few indirect reports about the con on file770.com.
    From what file770 says, apparently what little livestreaming there
    is, including that of the upcoming Hugo award ceremony, is is only
    viewable on Chinese websites or apps.
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    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Keith F. Lynch on Fri Oct 20 18:26:49 2023
    On Friday, October 20, 2023 at 8:38:24 PM UTC-4, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    ele...@optonline.net <evelynchim...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Has anyone seen any reports on the Chengdu Worldcon?
    There have been no posts here from anyone at the con. I can think
    of two explanations:

    * Extremely few non-Chinese are at the con, and none of those few are
    rasff regulars.

    * Usenet and VPNs are blocked by the "Great Firewall of China."

    There have been a few indirect reports about the con on file770.com.
    From what file770 says, apparently what little livestreaming there
    is, including that of the upcoming Hugo award ceremony, is is only
    viewable on Chinese websites or apps.

    I didn't necessarily mean here. I'm seeing the File 770 articles,
    but I was wondering if there were others on people's blogs that
    I didn't know about.

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    Evelyn C. Leeper

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Keith F. Lynch on Sat Oct 21 04:45:07 2023
    On 10/20/23 8:38 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    eleeper@optonline.net <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
    Has anyone seen any reports on the Chengdu Worldcon?

    There have been no posts here from anyone at the con. I can think
    of two explanations:

    * Extremely few non-Chinese are at the con, and none of those few are
    rasff regulars.

    * Usenet and VPNs are blocked by the "Great Firewall of China."

    Some people are probably staying off the Internet voluntarily during
    their stay, to avoid risks of malware or privacy invasion.

    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Sat Oct 21 20:02:52 2023
    On Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 4:45:13 AM UTC-4, Gary McGath wrote:
    On 10/20/23 8:38 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    ele...@optonline.net <evelynchim...@gmail.com> wrote:
    Has anyone seen any reports on the Chengdu Worldcon?

    There have been no posts here from anyone at the con. I can think
    of two explanations:

    * Extremely few non-Chinese are at the con, and none of those few are rasff regulars.

    * Usenet and VPNs are blocked by the "Great Firewall of China."
    Some people are probably staying off the Internet voluntarily during
    their stay, to avoid risks of malware or privacy invasion.

    Fair enough; I hadn't thought of that. Most of the comments (and all the negative ones) I've seen are from people outside China trying to access
    the virtual con.

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    Evelyn C. Leeper

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  • From Peter Trei@21:1/5 to evelynchim...@gmail.com on Sun Oct 22 22:00:09 2023
    On Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 11:54:18 PM UTC-4, evelynchim...@gmail.com wrote:
    Has anyone seen any reports on the Chengdu Worldcon?

    --
    Evelyn C. Leeper

    Lawrence Watt Evans has an interesting thread on Facebook:
    <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwattevans%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02JoiKxWWK94z6uRBbRjA15PXR7Dn8i32kiTzJ6D5ujEKcFTZ468sTRMpAjqHqopf1l&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="226" style="border:
    none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe>

    Sorry for the vomitous URL.

    TLDNR: A lot of fuckups, but not a total loss.

    Pt

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  • From Paul Dormer@21:1/5 to evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com on Mon Oct 23 12:09:00 2023
    In article <35efdcb0-9f88-4518-848e-29f1468e430dn@googlegroups.com>, evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com () wrote:

    Has anyone seen any reports on the Chengdu Worldcon?

    There was actually a picture from the con in The Observer newspaper in
    the UK yesterday. Just a couple of people going past a display of a
    space suit.

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