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China using families as 'hostages' to quash dissent abroad (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

As someone who legitimately has family in China and who visits them and speaks to them in Mandarin, there is 100% a chilling effect caused by CCP autocracy.

But I am eager to hear how a bunch of people who have never been and don't speak the language know more about this because they read a pamphlet.

[–] abraxas@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, as someone who merely visited I got enough eyefulls and earfulls to know you don't want the Chinese government to know you exist for any reason.