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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (16 children)

Who told you that the people of China are propagandized, especially to hate other countries and peoples as much as the US does?

[–] nick@campfyre.nickwebster.dev 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Friends of mine who have moved away from China. One of them had police at their door in China for social media posts that were friendly to Uyghurs (not even anything to do with the genocide, just general friendliness as a "we're all Chinese" kind of message). Being taken to police stations for even slightly questioning the state narrative is terrifying.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Source: I heard it in a dream

[–] nick@campfyre.nickwebster.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Source: a friend of mine personally telling me what happened the last time he was in mainland China.

[–] zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Zero possibility that this friend lied?

Some people love to lie especially if it gets a rise out of people. "Defectors" including the likes of Yeonmi Park from the DPRK also are financially incentivised to lie. I know people that lie about shit in the UK to make things sound worse than it is, and they will swear up and down it's true after being called out on it.

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