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When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was a confluence of state repression and the sometimes capricious attention of a Western audience that, as she asserts, often views Chinese activists more as ideological tokens than as genuine human beings.

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[-] elouboub@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

Never heard of her, but why can't her partner (Kaidi?) leave? Can't they sneak across the border and start a new life I dunno... in Europe, Australia, Japan, or something?

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago

Her partner is Uighur.

[-] spokenlollipop@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 year ago

You're looking at it from a logical view,

The answer is pretty much that her partner is a minority that the state hates, so they want to punish that person and anyone who supports her,

And it's just that. Perhaps they could escape, but I presume they both have family there, and then they may not be able to return, etc.

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