A friend of mine told me to think of MB as a place to practice my social skills. Make small talk with random people. It really does make the experience better.

Original post is gone. Sadness.

The rules for site selection do not say anything about not allowing sites in countries with censorship. Changing the rules isn't easy. There were something like 1000 more votes for Chengdu than for Winnipeg, so Chengdu won.