GitCode, a git-hosting website operated Chongqing Open-Source Co-Creation Technology Co Ltd and with technical support from CSDN and Huawei Cloud.

It is being reported that many users’ repository are being cloned and re-hosted on GitCode without explicit authorization.

There is also a thread on Ycombinator (archived link)

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    4 months ago

    Yea they would have to do their bidding if the government came knocking with subpoenas.

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        4 months ago

        Might be because of our approaches?

        Your’s comes across as a sort of whatabout that nobody asked for and mine is just a statement of fact related to what you mentioned.

        It’s not inaccurate to say that the Chinese government has a tighter leash on all business in their country than the US has in theirs though.