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

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[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So what I'm hearing is it doesn't matter if you're ignorant about the way China works because the US media told you Xi is an evil dictator who controls everything and you believed them. Got it.