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It is a growing threat when that reach starts extending outside their boarders.

• magduf 7y ago
  Sure, but that isn't happening here. According to the title, the guy was in China, and got arrested there. It shouldn't be any surprise that if you enter an oppressive nation with material they've banned, you'll be subject to arrest.
  • prewett 7y ago
    If you progress farther than the title, you may discover that the official banned book was legally purchased by the professor at a Chinese book store. I think most of use from non-totalitarian states would be a rather surprised if that happened to us. The article goes on the suggest that the police thought he fit the profile of someone doing bad stuff, and made up a charge that fit the criminal persona they’d pegged on him.
    • drty6j54s 7y ago
      ...And? The person you're responding to is right, none of this is surprising to hear about happening in China. When you throw people into concentration camps pursuing cultural genocide you lose a lot of credibility as far as what people expect from your police.
    • pbhjpbhj 7y ago
      https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=anarchist+cookbook https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=anarchist+cookbook You can buy anarchist cookbook and have it delivered in UK, apparently. 2017 a young man was arrested, and tried, for having a copy. Is the UK a totalitarian state in your opinion?
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  • Craighead 7y ago
    Weird victim shaming but ok