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Comment by Arnt

21 days ago

No it isn't.

Both of the two Chinese registries are open, pretty much anyone can register ships there. It's a bit like the .tv domain — if you see something.tv you can't assume that it's a company in the country Tuvalu.

Look at the nationality of the captain and the beneficial owner instead.

And as a result .tv domains are not exactly trusted and can't be used for all the things reputable domains can be used for.

  • IIRC abuse correlates closely with the price of registration for the first year, and poorly or not at all with how open the registration policy is.