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China Is Cracking Down on Cantonese Language Advocacy in Hong Kong (time.com)
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Some view the recent shutdown of a Cantonese advocacy group as the latest crackdown on civil liberties in the former British colony.

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[–] ono@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Strange phrasing here. Since when is speaking your native language a civil liberty instead of a human right? How is this a crackdown instead of plain old oppression?