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Environmental_Toe843 t1_irisp0x wrote

Reply to comment by misterferguson in China has secret station in NYC as part of network to track dissidents by solo-ran

Or could it be that they’re too small in numbers to hold any political sway and don’t want to get on any side’s bad side.

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BeamStop23 t1_irj7x57 wrote

No there definitely is something to it. A close associate of mine in America with citizenship but is Chinese and in education will talk about anything political but when i talk about the changes in education in China, or anything political in China, he's non-responsive. I'm just now learning that once you leave China you are still never 100% free. And what you do in America can effect those you have living in China, or can restrict you from ever visiting China again.

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Ok_Read701 t1_irjrl2m wrote

Lol this is quite a conspiracy. They don't have that much influence here. They don't go after people unless they're starting movements/protests.

Your friend just didn't want to talk about it.

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WhatAGeee t1_irmnasa wrote

I agree, to /u/beamstop23 he most likely knew you would disagree with what he has to say and so he chose to opt out of talking about it because it wasn't worth offending you or jeopardizing the friendship over political stuff.

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MiskatonicDreams t1_irk9auh wrote

We don’t want to talk about it with American because Americans don’t know anything about Chinese politics. Most of you have an extremely stereotyped understanding of China and having a conversation with you guys about it is really tiring. Imagine trying to explain Tolkien’s world to someone new in 10 mins. It simply can’t be done.

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