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To be clear, articles like this are saying “China”, “Belgium”, etc. as shorthand for the national government of that country.
Not that everyone in that country must switch; only that the country-level government is declaring they will switch computers they use.
This does have a strong effect on what other organisations and individuals use, but it lags a long way and certainly doesn't directly affect everyone in the country.
With that said: Yeah the Chinese government is made up of a great many more people than European national governments. It's a big move.
But also remember that this may actively impact the developmemt of linux, the EU and China both have resources to contribute to Linux, will China do it? I have no idea but they have to publish their modifications under GPL if they ever do any
Using GNU/Linux in schools and colleges will also help people overcome their fear of Linux and introduce more people to open-source software.
This too
China is already contributing (deepin, drivers, etc)
Nice
but also we keep in mind the sheer size of the largest human government in the world. there's about 35 million public sector employees