Li Yuan on Twitter: "“My office is next to the big training room,” Mr. Yang said. “I often hear the surprised sounds of ‘Ah, ah, ah.’” China's censorship machine is so well oiled that young censors have to be taught what they were missing. https://t.co/R73Z6DBWDV"

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1. Sunny Oh‏Verified account @SunnyOhHK 2 Jan 2019
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  Amazing story Li Yuan. The irony of teaching Chinese history and politics to indifferent millennials so they can do a better job of censoring controversial content really jumped out at me.
  
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1. Jingyuan Yu‏ @NarcisoYu 4 Jan 2019
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  Unfortunately this link can’t be shared via WeChat.. I just want to share it to my friends who’s studying in Germany and Indiana, but it seems impossible. Not even the website.
  
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1. bob davis‏Verified account @bobdavis187 2 Jan 2019
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  Really terrific piece.
  
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1. Chinese空腹‏ @just_ano_muggle 2 Jan 2019
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  Even though these young censors learn about a glossary of forbidden terms from their training, in which the history can be deliberately falsified, they may just accept a high-level brainwashing, they may truly believe what they are doing "helps cleanse the online environment".
  
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1. Yih‏ @dionysus_yih 3 Jan 2019
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  Great article!
  
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1. Glen Jennings‏ @GlenJenningsAU 3 Jan 2019
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  It would be useful to have that list of Han emperors and their modern CCP equivalents. (And on another topic, who would be the best analogy for Trump from Chinese history?)
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1. chengdoo‏ @chengdoo 3 Jan 2019
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  First word is wrong, it's not thousands it's millions...
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