Stay updated with breaking news from Clubhouse china. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
April 16, 2021 last updated 13:2 ET Residents taking the ferry stand near a Chinese national flag in Wuhan, China, Jan. 15, 2021 (AP photo by Ng Han Guan). ‘Watching People Become Citizens’: Clubhouse’s Brief Run in China Sometimes springtime comes and goes in a flash. That’s the way things felt early this month, when people who follow China were left agog at the extraordinary flourishing of discussion on Clubhouse, the young but fast-growing app that combines social media with audio chat. Though available in China since last spring, Clubhouse saw a spike in interest after a widely noted appearance by Elon Musk, a big celebrity in China, on Jan. 31. Still flying under the radar of authorities in Beijing, the app allowed Chinese users to join up with people from all over the world in mostly calm and reasoned discussions about what are normally treated as forbidden subjects under Beijing’s strict and resourceful censorship regime ....
In China, an app offered space for debate. Then the censors came For a little while, the social media platform Clubhouse provided the rare opportunity for cross-border dialogue on contentious topics free from the country’s usual tight controls. New York Times February 09, 2021 / 10:03 AM IST File image: The social audio app Clubhouse is pictured near a star on the Chinese flag in this illustration picture taken on February 8, 2021. (Image: Reuters/Florence Lo/Illustration) One by one, the chatroom participants took the digital microphone as thousands quietly listened in. A Chinese man said he did not know whether to believe the widespread reports of concentration camps for Muslims in the far western region of Xinjiang. Then a Uighur woman spoke up, calmly explaining that she was certain of the camps’ existence because her relatives had been among those interned. A man from Taiwan chimed in to urge underst ....
Clubhouse app blocked in China. Image: tech2/Nandini Yadav Top trending groups turned to topics about the ban, and some Chinese language users began to discuss security implications of being on the app and whether they would face official monitoring. I saw many rooms chatting cross-Straits issues and sensitive issues. and thought this app wouldn t last too long, one Chinese-language user lamented after the app was blocked, referring to the thorny issue of Taiwan. What comes after the block is compiling the list of people on the platform, worried another. The real internet Clubhouse was launched in May last year and is currently only available on Apple devices, something only wealthier Chinese consumers can afford. ....