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The WTA have done an amazing job of raising the profile of this case and keeping the story in the media. I have to admit that despite watching a lot of tennis,
by yung_steezy 5y ago
The WTA have done an amazing job of raising the profile of this case and keeping the story in the media. I have to admit that despite watching a lot of tennis, prior to this incident I was not familiar with Peng Shai. Doubles tennis is a little bit like a sport within a sport though.
- guscost 5y agoI can’t help but wonder how badly the CCP is actually fighting to suppress this, though - I think I heard laowhy86 argue that they might allow it to consume the news cycle, to distract from something else. Seeing this comment, and seeing e.g. CBS highlight the story, it really just seems fishy in general. Something is different - maybe we’re just in a new era, but who knows.
- msoad 5y agoMaking CCP sweat a little bit for human rights is indeed a new era
- pphysch 5y agolaowhy86 is about as reliable a source on China as Alex Jones on Sandy Hook. Bottom of the gutter grifting.
- throwaway_sb666 5y agoHaving lived in Beijing and Shenzhen for almost 7 years, I find that where I have first hand experience his reporting is pretty accurate. Would you mind to elaborate why you consider it bottom of the gutter grifting? Genuinely curious to hear another perspective.
- guscost 5y agoOk, do you have any recommendations for uh, China analysis YouTubers?
- FooBarWidget 5y agoCyrus Janssen, Daniel Dumbrill, Geopolitics In Conflict, Carl Zha, Brian Berletic.
- guscost 5y agoI’ll add these to my sources, thanks.
- arvigeus 5y agoCyrus was recently exposed as paid by CGTN. Dumbshill recently posted a clip of an old video of laowhy86, “exposing” him as a racist… which turned out to be taken extremely out of context and edited to be purposely misleading.
- FooBarWidget 5y agoYou should check his rebuttal to the "exposure" then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb-6fgN3MZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb-6fgN3MZA Let people watch both and decide for themselves who to trust.
- arvigeus 5y agoHard to form an informative opinion when he released that AFTER he got exposed. It's possible that video is just him trying to save his skin. Just saying.
- spinny 5y agolaowhy86, serpentza
- FooBarWidget 5y agoHere's why both of them are not reliable sources: https://twitter.com/DanielDumbrill/status/1452109630792867842 https://twitter.com/DanielDumbrill/status/145210963079286784...
- milbertson 5y agoOr reasons for saying this?
- narrator 5y ago>I think I heard laowhy86 argue that they might allow it to consume the news cycle, to distract from something else. Meanwhile in Xinjiang...
- outside1234 5y agoAnd with the profile raised, we should not let off the gas. Every story about the Olympics should have a comment asking "Where is Peng?"