China’s security drive hits embassy activities, LGBT events, some diplomats say (www.asahi.com)

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Twenty envoys from 12 Western and Asian delegations told Reuters that in recent months they had noticed larger police presences around some diplomatic premises and increased attempts by Chinese authorities to intimidate embassy contacts and disrupt civic outreach endeavors, including LGBT and gender-themed events.

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[-] bizzle@midwest.social 17 points 1 year ago

Where are the tankies to talk about how good China is for LGBT people?

[-] Peter1986C@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago

This post is on Beehaw, a Lemmy server that does not really have tankies (fortunately).

this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023

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