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Sheesh, an actual Whataboutism. The fact that "the US does it too!" won't help Grandparent poster/his wife if they get detained in China. GP says "there are cur
by netsharc 8mo ago
Sheesh, an actual Whataboutism. The fact that "the US does it too!" won't help Grandparent poster/his wife if they get detained in China. GP says "there are currently a couple of hundred Americans who are being illegally detained in China right now", most likely they are dual citizens, or were born in China, and from China's point of view, one can't lose the Chinese citizenship, and they're detaining their own citizens.
- fasbiner 8mo agoI would also like to know if these are dual citizens or not. I think it would be newsworthy if hundreds of US passport holders who do not have chinese passports also were being held in China and not charged with any crime and unable to access consular services. Sensationalizing claims then qualifying them later is inherently dishonest.
- pamcake 8mo ago> Sensationalizing claims then qualifying them later is inherently dishonest. So is sealioning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning
- fasbiner 8mo ago> A two sentence comment requesting one piece of information that is highly likely to be collated with the original information for any reputable source You would describe that as "relentless, harassing, and tangental?" rather than say "I can see how that would be a relevant question, I'm not sure." I hope your mental health improves in the future, it's unfortunately not possible to assume good faith on your part when you jump to thought terminating cliches.
- golem14 8mo agoActually, China does not support dual citizenship. All naturalized Chinese (now U.S.) citizens I know need a visa to enter China.