The Great Firewall of China - Geremie R Barme and Sang Ye has a paragraph

For those that remain, quiet acceptance and self-censorship may ultimately prevail. Our position is, Don't ask, don't tell, says Charles Mok, general manager of HKNet, Hong Kong's fifth-largest ISP. People aren't avoiding the issue, but they probably don't see the need to ask China if it's going to regulate us more.

I translated it as

我们的立场是「你不问,我们也不说」。不是回避问题,只是觉得没必要问北京是否会收紧审查。

As haven't known that Don't ask, don't tell was actually a famous policy in the US.

When President Bill Clinton signed “don't ask, don't tell" into law in 1993, it was a compromise between the White House and Congress to end the existing policy of outright banning gay service members that had dated to World War II.

at Decade after 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal, a 'hurtful' legacy remains by NBC News.

So to be clear, I want readers to know this fact.


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