This is a pet theory of mine. The things that geeks liked about the show are NOT the things that made it number one among regular people.

The article makes a legitimate point about the isolating effects of internet filtering. But it goes too far in identifying the building of a new, high-speed internal network and the use of IPv6 as part of a Chinese effort to create some kind of separate internet island.

For example, the article correctly states that IPv6 is "scarcely used," but never mentions that it is an internationally recognized standard created to replace (eventually) the current IPv4 and supported by all modern operating systems.

This is subtle trickery designed to mislead.