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Wikipedia’s ability to retain balance on Chinese issues has been called into question following the global platform’s ban preventing several mainland Chinese “editors” writing and updating pages.
Against the backdrop of tensions between Hong Kong and mainland China, the quelled demonstrations of 2019 and 2020 have turned into a war of words between Wikipedia editors who are pro-democracy and those who are pro-Beijing.
Anyone can edit most Wikipedia pages, but only a fraction of users tend to do so – and only some of those on a regular basis.
Matters came to a head in September when Wikipedia’s governing body banned seven active pro-Beijing editors and removed the administrative powers of a further 12.
