[Mandarin] Hello American
Did you know
there's a chinese version of roblox
not a knockoff
but an official branch with their own servers
their own rules
even their own chat filter
It's flooding
My social credit score has just dropped 100 points.
Going to deputy
The reason this exists is because
China has banned regular roblox
in order to regain access to the Chinese market
Roblox created a separate version of their platform
called "Luo Bu"
And if you want your game to be available on it
you have to follow this incredibly long list of rules
which include things like
NO scary content
NO content that relates to any political stand or viewpoint
Oh, here's a fun one
NO dead human or animal bodies
This is seriously what you have to go through
to get your game approved in China
Why would anyone prefer this over regular roblox
Why don't Chinese users just get a VPN and bypass the sensors
Well actually
they do
anyone can download a VPN which is legal in china by the way
and say
fuck this
I like seeing dead bodies,
and blood,
and scary content
The main recent chinese user still use "Luo Bu Le Xi"
is because on "Luo Bu"
everyone speaks chinese
everyone's kind of united under the same language
With a little bit of help
I was able to gain access to this platform
and communicate with some of these users
Some of which
I was even able to convince to meet me
on the other side of the great firewall
on international roblox
in my own game
[Mandarin] trash game
trash game
Hello
fake
[Mandarin] You are so cool, can I follow you?
Everybody hates the fake game
yo
you speak english?
yup
why don't you get a VPN and use american roblox
I have a popular game you can try
I get it too
I'm the owner
it's called runker 51
wanna to go there instead
I can give you rocket launchers and free money
okay
what's your robots username
XX777931
Welcome to roblox
and runker51
get in i wanna show you something
something you won't see on the luobu
look
just like hong kong
i gave you internet molotovs
i am having breakfast
After the experience with giao
I decided to assemble a team
a team of Chinese speaking users
who can go out into luobu and bring users over the firewall
into Runker 51
To be interviewed on a specially built stage made just for the occasion
have a seat
seat
hello!
how is your english?
Hello.
Normal.
So you're from China?
Yes.
what province?
He might not understand what is province.
can you translate
K
wait a moment.
I wanna go to pee
les us know when you're back
Yes
Enjoy your toilet
back.
From Taiwan.
Taiwan Province
He said he is from Taiwan District
does he see taiwan as its own country or part of china?
A part of china
Yes.
A part of china.
perfect
okay question 1!
do you love the party?
Yes.
yes! yes! everybody loves the party!
stand up pls
question 2:
Why Hastaged?
did you know that you know when people starve to death
because of the party in the late 50's?
I am lagging sorry.
did you know that you know when people starve to death because of the party in the late 50's?
Yes.
just kidding! it was a natural disaster!
question 3:
glory to the party!
that's not the question
i just like saying that
Ok.
question 3 is:
what should every american know before going to china?
Know how to speak Chinese first
He said they need to know Chinese language.
Great, let's try a question 4:
this one is a hypothetical
let's say
you're in your apartment
and at 2am m the police knock on your door
they start asking you questions about
some youtube videos you've been posting
how do i avoid going to jail?
i mean how do you ever be going to jail?
some youtube videos you've been posting
how do you avoid going to jail?
No problem
never mind
forget i asked
question 5: what did you have for breakfast this morning?
what did you have for breakfast this morning?
Egg and Hot chocolate
very good
be happy you have to eat in you're own home
and not a communal kitchen
which was a terrible idea
Btw it don't taste for me.
because it's too salt
collectivization can be bitter sometimes
last question
if i gave you control over the nukes
would you do it?
No
No, it's not very special that we interviewed someone from Taiwan
I mean it's fascinating to talk to someone
with a completely different worldview
but TW doesn't live behind the firewall
I built this stage to speak to someone in China
god dammit
that's exactly what i did
hi justin
is it true you're from china?
yes
are you in china right now?
yes
what province if i may ask
can you ask him what province he's in
Which province are you from?
Guang dong
very cool
i have a friend in guangzhou
it is too different place
justin, do you ever use the luobu?
what
Have you played Chinese roblox called luobu?
Yes
Why?
Why you play that?
I want see how bad it is
To see how bad was the roblox china version
lol, how bad is it?
It has many xxs and few games only
too less games and quality too bad
do you like that you can't see blood
and corpses on this version of roblox?
Yes, of course.
Yes, he liked it.
does the internet censorship ever bother you in china?
yes
if you were in charge,
what would you do about the censorship?
Improvement
He said he will change the system of censorship
very cool
last question
does ### exactly look like winnie the pooh
what
one sec
Does the chairman of the Communist Party of China look like Winnie?
No
He said no.
Obviously, I didn't bring people all this way
just to ask questions about video games
in winnie the flu
there's a lot of more serious issues in China
that deserve to be brought up
Justin
is probably only 10 years old
So I doubt he'd be the right person to talk to about
things like atrocities
TW on the other hand is obviously much older
and given that he's in taiwan
his internet access isn't censored
and he could still
do his own research on the things we talk about
And so
I felt it was only appropriate
to show on one of the most important parts of chinese history
thank you for this insightful interview
would you like to see the museum?
Yes, please.
this is the 64 museum
do you know about 64?
Know little bit.
what have they teach you in Taiwan about it?
Taiwan don't have to teach this
interesting
this museum tells you all about it
starting here
this politician
## yaobang
was an advocate for western style democracy in china
the government demoted him
and when he died, people protested
okay
and during those protests
the people's liberation army killed a lot of civilians
the taiwanese government doesn't want to be part of china
because they're afraid of another 64 happening
among other things
Ok.
that's why they have their own government, military, currency and culture
do you understand this
Yes.
it gets graphic here
It like my history book.
lol
this is funny
luobu guidelines
ye
no content that relates to any political stand or viewpoint
do you know about the internet censorship in mainland china
Yes.
what do you think about it
is it worth it
No
do you think chinese people should be able to play regular roblox
Yes.
me too
Even though we probably disagree on a lot of political issues
TW and I were able to find common ground
experiences like this are exactly
why roblox should rip up their contract with tencent
and let Chinese accounts access normal roblox again
Roblox is supposed to be a global platform that brings people together
when you cut off 1.4 billions Chinese people
that's not bringing people together
That's discrimination
Anyways
try to learn more about the broader issues in China
Chapter 8 would be a great place to start
Thanks for watching!