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Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong handed another 10 years in jail (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Stuff like this is why I'm reminded no matter how much positive things I hear from China, I really don't want to go there because I'm afraid of disappearing for being too 'unique'.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, it's odd the duality. Massive improvements for quality of life and scientific research, but at the same time they still imprison small-time protestors like this poor guy and don't have basic social things like gay marriage.