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China using families as 'hostages' to quash dissent abroad (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/863209

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, the reason diaspora isn't speaking out against China is because there's a conspiracy to silence them.~

There can't possibly be any other explanation.~

[-] socsa@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As someone who legitimately has family in China and who visits them and speaks to them in Mandarin, there is 100% a chilling effect caused by CCP autocracy.

But I am eager to hear how a bunch of people who have never been and don't speak the language know more about this because they read a pamphlet.

[-] abraxas@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, as someone who merely visited I got enough eyefulls and earfulls to know you don't want the Chinese government to know you exist for any reason.

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