In all the years I’ve been around, both on the internet & among friends and acquaintances from Asia (incl. Taiwan & China), WtP has been a symbol of resistance against Xi Jin Ping and authoritarianism in China.
I know .ml is heavily tankie in general, but just need a double check from the more reasonable parts of the internet.
I’ve got no idea if it was being used “maliciously” in China, rebels using it to garner support or some shit idk, but its survived purely on the Streissand effect here in the west.