Clubhouse App Offers Chinese Rare Glimpse of Censor-Free Debate
- Thousands discuss sensitive topics such as Taiwan and Xinjiang
- Beijing’s grip on political debate makes crackdown risk high
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The U.S. app Clubhouse erupted among Chinese social-media users over the weekend, with thousands joining discussions on contentious subjects such as Taiwan and Xinjiang undisturbed by Beijing’s censors.
On the invite-only, audio-based social app where users host informal conversations, Chinese-speaking communities from around the world gathered to discuss China-Taiwan relations and the prospects of unification, and to share their knowledge and experience of Beijing’s crackdown on Muslim Uighurs in the far west region of Xinjiang.