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The abomination Linkedin.cn (force redirects, ads, bloat features) was shutdown but Linkedin.com is always accessible.

I don't believe this is correct.

How about run an actual multi site ping? Feel free to choose your own tool.

https://ping.chinaz.com/www.linkedin.com

https://ping.pe/www.linkedin.com


Are you in China and able to load it? I can tell you that it doesn't load from at least one region.

Ping tests are often misleading because datacenters have different connectivity than residential IPs.


You can test whereever you want, the point is "not a single western social network is permitted to operate in China" is factually false. Social networks are available if you aren't making "trouble" for the authorities. I am not trying to defend this or anything, the current state of affair is totally messed up, but still there are some global social networks exist in China.

btw, even 4chan is accessible in China. Imagine that.


Well, my only point is "[LinkedIn] works 100% well in China" is factually false.

If you want facts, linkedin.com still gets redirect to linkedin.cn(aka lingying.com) as of today

here's the output of curl -sv https://linkedin.com > /dev/null

* Trying 2620:1ec:21::14...

* TCP_NODELAY set

* Connected to linkedin.com (2620:1ec:21::14) port 443 (#0)

< HTTP/1.1 302 Found

< Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 09:51:33 GMT

< Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

< Content-Language: en

< X-Li-Fabric: prod-lor1

< Location: https://www.linkedin.cn/incareer/hp/

The bottom of the page says:

ICP Filing Number: 14023203

ICP License Number: 150024

PSB Filing Number: 11030102010420

Human Resources Service License: 110401715069

Beijing LingYin Information Technology Co. Ltd

Room 817, Floor 8, Building 18, No.1 Disheng North Street, Yizhuang District

Customer Service Email: cs@lingying.com

Customer Service Hotline: 4000106277

Report Email: jubao@lingying.com

Microsoft forgot to shutdown "local version".

So technically it's still 100% working well with all bells and whistles in China.

So what's your argument this time?


Interesting that it connects (and sad that MS is doing IP-based redirects). I asked a friend in Shanghai and she said it didn't load, but don't think I can ask her to troubleshoot.

> So what's your argument this time?

Your past couple of comments have been weirdly aggressive. I don't have an agenda.


> she said it didn't load

Networks in China are crappy in general, if your friend has some bad VPN setup I can assure it will mess up something like DNS? Or even worse, if she is using the App, the Linkedin.cn would likely to break API stuff with forced redirects (that's why I call it abomination)

> been weirdly aggressive

Because something WRONG is on the Internet? LOL. IDK man. https://xkcd.com/386/ I hate "tech jornalism" like the BBC one because most of them are bad. In this Linkedin case it was sophistecated enough that people can get inaccurate conclusions based on problems on the surface. But for HN audience I hope people would verify by themselves more.


Also did you even read TFA you linked?

> we are going to sunset the localised version of LinkedIn in China later this year


I read it and followed it quite closely when it happened.

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