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I read “woke up with a Chinese beautiful head” and I was like omg can we all do this, is this tips
Holy shit, she was just a kid speaking out about her experiences! I hope she can stay safe in the UK and live a normal life. Poor gal.
My partner is a refugee / enemy of her former state for advocating democracy. Her friend was on the phone with her (the friend’s) brother when he was kidnapped and disappeared. Another of her friends was targeted in his home (abroad) and has to keep his travel plans secret. And that country is nowhere near as powerful as China. This woman is extremely brave.
Her family, says Cheung, “knew I was someone who doesn’t know how to shut up. They didn’t want either of us to end up in prison for speaking our mind, because my mum said, ‘You are kind of nobody. No one would know that you’re in prison.’”
Good on the family for leaving the country.
ML: China best, this is fake.
Tomorrow, she is missing…
ML: She is lying. She is faking. Western propaganda
Next week dead in a ditch…
ML: Suicide by gunshot to back of head.
I have an acquaintance who is Chinese, and the propaganda really got to him. I keep suggesting things maybe aren't always really as they might seem. But no, they certainly are, and China is better than every other country in every way.
I have a friend who is actually from China (and now in the states), and they talk so much shit about China, it’s crazy. The mind control is deep.
That’s a bit too humane for tankies. I’d rather expect „she’s a bitch and deserves to die” from the get go.
With a touch of what about the CIA.
No, she is a CIA agent since she left Hong Kong and only CIA agents would ever leave China.