They lowered orbit from 550km to 380km for some reasons which there aren’t any official explanations from Starlink.
Some believe that they were probing how good the Chinese Space Station can detect such risk. And the intent may be link to the pentagon as they invested in StarLink.
I think the propaganda is on the other side. The government gained support over its recent initiatives in building strong economy, city infrastructure projects, vastly improved public services which affects most people’s daily routines.
Yes, people like it when their lives improve. Sure this has convinced some people the chinese government is doing a good job and will continue to do a good job. But they doesn't change the values of those people. The chinese government is a draconian dystopia. Saying "the propaganda is on the other side" implies that the Chinese government doesn't do propaganda, which is a pretty stupid thing to imply in my opinion. Dictatorships like China do not generally do well for their people for very long.
Can’t say that for sure. Apple, AWS, Microsoft, Walmart, AT&T, GE, KFC, McDonalds, Starbucks, these all US businesses are wildly successful in China. Some of them are in China for 30+ years!.
Quite agree, every single line of code written requires lifetime support. Code adds up and reduces productivity gradually, so only write code in core business logics.