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>if the people who get these Security Commission briefings believe the bullshit about "hostile external forces" They do and should. West working hard to deny t
by dirtyid 4y ago
>if the people who get these Security Commission briefings believe the bullshit about "hostile external forces"
They do and should. West working hard to deny that foreign coordination occurs - the magnitude of impact is subject to debate - but telegram group like @actionshanghai with 100s of particapants coordinating live SH protests with foreign journalists (including FLG/Epoche) and trained aggitators providing support were real. And within MSS ability to monitor / prosecute. Western influence OPs in PRC is as real as CCP influence ops abroad that warrants crackdown. CCP did not crack down on foreign NGOs and purge CIA network for shits and giggles. It was forgone some protestors would be naive enough to work with "hostile external forces" and would get slapped hard by state security, hence handful of arrests versus thousands. There's been surprising tolerance for protests so far, but also good reason not to tolerate protestors' behaviours that effects national security. The fact group is begging for attention on youtube good sign they're the kind of naive libtards that thinks it's fine to work with hostile external forces who has some ability to impact, i.e. media who manufactures consent vs internet trolls. Otherwise they'd receive the basic tea invite + self criticism ceremony and can move on with their lives like thousands of others.