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The idea that China is a "closed country" is fucking wild, there are literally hundreds of millions of people travelling in and out of there every single year, not to mention the tons of Chinese people who work and study abroad who are in regular contact with their families back home, and likewise all the foreigners who work and study in China doing the same.
You should ask your therapist if they are an r/worldnews mod lmfao
I think she's thinking of bygone times when they were more closed off. I mentioned that they have opened up, to which she replied, "Just a little." I think there're too many brainworms, for me to help root out in the relatively short time I see her. I just needed to complain a little.
FOUR DECADES AGO. I am reminded of people who think Russia is still commie
Russia defeated the nazis and the world will never forgive them for it.
the soviet union. not just russia
Thanks for the correction, it’s easy to conflate the two due to decades of western propaganda