I find it troubling people take this to the political level -- China vs Taiwan. School me how is this related to the censorship? FYI, Chinese do not recognize Taiwan as independent, so there will not be censored comments here because Chinese has unified views on this historical problem.
After reading the article, much more assertive on DO NOT USE Whatsapp. Hate being sent messages from strangers. Even I have someone on my contact, probably it is someone I somehow know from work or long-time-no-see met-once-person, why do you you want to have them on your social chatting app?