Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Have you ever been critical of the Chinese government? Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:14:26 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: <20240327201426.00003161@example.com> References: <20240327111921.0000506a@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:14:28 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6dac6cb917ffc13ee2e292920c046ba4"; logging-data="3317352"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18wDPhUHC8CUJsxbvcKAgSn9WnJtirRsLI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:QZ8c0GanRR6kuDni443H4SrmeGQ= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240327-4, 3/27/2024), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 2847 On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:55:35 -0700 The Horny Goat wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:25:16 -0400, shawn > wrote: > > >Yes, there's the potential of that happening but unless you are > >actively protesting the CCP it is unlikely they care enough to arrest > >foreigners passing through the country. It's going to stir up more > >trouble for no real benefit. This is more likely meant to give their > >people in countries like Canada more authority (cover) to go after > >Chinese citizens who live in Canada and are protesting the Chinese > >government. > > It's not just citizens of the PRC but anyone of Chinese ethnicity. > > It's for this reason several Canadian Confucius Institutes have been > closed as the Canadian government believes that as opposed to simply > teaching French or German (as the Alliance Francaise and Goethe > Institutes do) there's an intelligence recruitment operation and > propagandizing taking place there - especially the ones that were > based either on campuses or in close geographic proximity to campuses. > It has also been suggested that 3rd and 4th generation Canadian > Chinese have been targetted particularly those with family in HK or > elsewhere in China. Despite that roughly 30% of ALL Canadian > immigrants are from the PRC (and another 20-25% from India neither of > which are currently "democracy friendly") I was with you until you implied that India was not a democracy. Care to explain? I know that Modi is a Hindu nationalist but he hasn't suspended elections or blocked opponents from running in elections as far as I know. -- Rhino