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Don't worry, it's definitely not genocide, China is just being a little 'authoritarian' towards the Uyghurs
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this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2025
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I could believe Russia, but the people who've been to Cuba I've met show its absolutely false. The Iranians and people who've traveled to Iran I've met suggest there are religious police that do suck, but it technically being punishable doesn't stop them from criticizing those cops to foreigners.
Yes, like all the time, you just have to ask about a specific policy someone has feelings on.
I'm trying to give a more general description of criticism and dissent within China.
You could believe Russia? Mate, they have been arresting those criticise the war in Ukraine and Putin. In Cuba and China, they could say anything about corrupt individuals as long as they avoid criticising the overall party polices and leaders themselves. Iranians could criticise cops and politicians sure, but not the ayatollahs and the restrictive sharia law. Could people in Iran, China and Iran even vote for anyone not vetted by the ruling parties?
Again, I have to applaud your attempt to downplay the severity of these authoritarian regimes. Cleverest PR spin I have seen in a while. 5 cents straight to your bank account. Your level of English is showing.
I could believe [that's true] of Russia.
A native english speaker would have understood what I was saying. Either you have the reading comprehension of an 8 year old or you're choosing to misunderstand.
Saying "could" implies having some doubt and hesitation. Someone with a good proficiency of English would know that. If you definitely believe what I said about Russia, you would have said "would". It's very telling you are one of the usual suspects given your apologia for authoritarianism. You must be using Yandex, Weibo translation or whatever translator which explains the poor grammar. It also explains why you gave a link about vaccines complaints, as poor attempt to conflate it with Uyghur complaints, but it does not even support what you said because you can't understand reading the webpage.
Nice try but I do find CCP PR folks to be extremely bad with propaganda. The Russians are better at it.
This bad faith horseshit is tiring. If you genuinely think I'm not a native english speaker, look at my post history.