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> Han Chinese don't go to prison just for criticizing the government, they just lose opportunities. This is verifiably false. Han vine Chinese book store owner
by eric-hu 6y ago
> Han Chinese don't go to prison just for criticizing the government, they just lose opportunities.
This is verifiably false. Han vine Chinese book store owners in Hong Kong were kidnapped to mainland China, incarcerated and forced to sign confessions. Their ‘crime’ was selling books critical of the CCP.
- free_rms 6y agoI was speaking more generally. WeChat is monitored and things get said there, the gulags aren't full. There was a lot of outrage over that doctor that died after blowing the whistle about C19, for example. HK was more of a hot situation, you had protestors waving UK flags and talking about independence. I'm not justifying anything, but that's exactly the 'credible threat' vs 'talking shit' distinction I was talking anout. In the cases you're referencing, are they still locked up? I'll check out a link if you've got one.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y ago>>> Han Chinese don't go to prison just for criticizing the government, they just lose opportunities. >> This is verifiably false. > I was speaking more generally That response is meaningless (the classic 'nebulous response' to an inconvenient question) and thus sidesteps addressing his point. Also please elaborate on what 'losing opportunities' means - I hope it doesn't extend to eg. the right to eat food does it? > In the cases you're referencing, are they still locked up? It's irrelevant if they are still locked up or released, they got locked up for political reasons. Right?