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ok I'll bait, not really evidence, but something I learned from the Internet. They arrive in military aircraft, salute to military officers, is this normal for

by est 5y ago

ok I'll bait, not really evidence, but something I learned from the Internet. They arrive in military aircraft, salute to military officers, is this normal for Canadian tourists? https://twitter.com/DadingLi/status/1442344903032262665 https://twitter.com/DadingLi/status/1442344903032262665 welcomed by Canadian intelligence, does this happen a lot to Canadian tourists? https://twitter.com/csiscanada/status/1441571942721593345 https://twitter.com/csiscanada/status/1441571942721593345 One Michael met Kim Jong-un, is this a common thing among Canadian tourists? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46552644 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46552644

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toomanybeersies 5y ago
> They arrive in military aircraft, salute to military officers, is this normal for Canadian tourists? It's quite normal for freed hostages to be flown back by their home country's military, yes. As for the salute? It's not unusual for civilians to return salutes. > welcomed by Canadian intelligence, does this happen a lot to Canadian tourists? I don't think you can take a public tweet from CSIS as any evidence, either for or against, that they're spies. > One Michael met Kim Jong-un, is this a common thing among Canadian tourists? Michael Spavor runs (ran?) a North Korea-based consulting business. It's not entirely unsurprising that he's met Kim Jong-un. I would think, if anything, he would be spying on the North Koreans, not the Chinese. North Korea doesn't seem like a convenient home base for a Canadian intelligence operative who's spying on the Chinese.
naasking 5y ago
You mean a hostile diplomatic incident involved the military escorting abducted citizens back home? This is weak. The article you linked to explains the link to NK.
hall0ween 5y ago
That is weak “evidence”. The video taken at the airport is clearly chinese operative material. And then est posts it. You’re doing chinese government work, question is though are you being paid or volunteering?
- dang 5y ago
  Please don't break the site guidelines like this, regardless of how wrong another comment is or you feel it is. There's a very specific rule against it, because when internet users do this (and they do it a lot), they're pouring poison into the community. In this case it's extra ironic because your comment does exactly what you're arguing against. No more of this on HN, please. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

by est 5y ago

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toomanybeersies 5y ago

> They arrive in military aircraft, salute to military officers, is this normal for Canadian tourists? It's quite normal for freed hostages to be flown back by their home country's military, yes. As for the salute? It's not unusual for civilians to return salutes. > welcomed by Canadian intelligence, does this happen a lot to Canadian tourists? I don't think you can take a public tweet from CSIS as any evidence, either for or against, that they're spies. > One Michael met Kim Jong-un, is this a common thing among Canadian tourists? Michael Spavor runs (ran?) a North Korea-based consulting business. It's not entirely unsurprising that he's met Kim Jong-un. I would think, if anything, he would be spying on the North Koreans, not the Chinese. North Korea doesn't seem like a convenient home base for a Canadian intelligence operative who's spying on the Chinese.

naasking 5y ago

You mean a hostile diplomatic incident involved the military escorting abducted citizens back home? This is weak. The article you linked to explains the link to NK.

hall0ween 5y ago

That is weak “evidence”. The video taken at the airport is clearly chinese operative material. And then est posts it. You’re doing chinese government work, question is though are you being paid or volunteering?

dang 5y ago
Please don't break the site guidelines like this, regardless of how wrong another comment is or you feel it is. There's a very specific rule against it, because when internet users do this (and they do it a lot), they're pouring poison into the community. In this case it's extra ironic because your comment does exactly what you're arguing against. No more of this on HN, please. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html