My understanding is they're so afraid to have anything that could even resemble encryption on their phone that most will probably never touch it.
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You would be surprised
Glad to see it
That's a whole lot of words to not say much. 588 NOTES in simplified Mandarin, one or two of which I was likely the author (on an alt.) No actual demonstration that folks ON the mainland (as opposed to FROM) are using.
Poor journalism, and no surprises. They didn't even guesstimate #npubs🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️