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Mirrors
Mirror sites or mirrors are replicas of other websites or any network node. The concept of mirroring applies to network services accessible through any protocol, such as HTTP or FTP. Such sites have different URLs than the original site, but host identical or near-identical content.
The purpose of mirrors is to reduce network traffic, improve access speed, ensure availability of the original site for technical or political reasons or provide a real-time backup of the original site.
This article describe a few useful mirrors in China Mainland.