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A draft law banning speech and dressing "detrimental to the spirit of Chinese people" has sparked debate in China.

If the law comes into force, people found guilty could be fined or jailed but the proposal does not yet spell out what constitutes a violation.

Social media users and legal experts have called for more clarity to avoid excessive enforcement.

China recently released a swathe of proposed changes to its public security laws - the first reforms in decades.

The clothing law has drawn immediate reaction from the public - with many online criticising it as excessive and absurd.

The contentious clauses suggest that people who wear or force others to wear clothing and symbols that "undermine the spirit or hurt the feelings of the Chinese nation" could be detained for up to 15 days and fined up to 5,000 yuan ($680; £550).

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[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 112 points 1 year ago

I find this kind of interesting after Naomi Wu (also known as SexyCyborg) recently had a run-in with the CCP and has largely gone silent online.

For anyone not familiar with her/her situation, she's a tech/maker YouTuber. She has a pretty radical look with enormous fake boobs and skimpy outfits, but she does have some genuinely interesting content. She had been calling out some security vulnerabilities that recently got some attention so that's likely why the Chinese government, in her words, clipped her wings, but she had a bit of a target painted on her back regardless because of her appearance, being a lesbian, and because her girlfriend is a Uyghur.

[-] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ, I know moving your life is not that simple, but she and her gf need to run from that hell hole.

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 37 points 1 year ago

Her GF literally can't get out of the country

[-] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

That guy on the rented jet ski managed it.

[-] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Wasn't he escaping North Korea?

[-] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think so. I think it was China and he went across the Yellow Sea to South Korea.

Can people in N Korea even rent a jet ski? I can't imagine that's a thing.

[-] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's a fair cop

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