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Re:China is detaining a million Uighur muslims in a secret camp by throwando208818 on Friday August 10, 2018 @10:53PM (#17738009)
Whatever you do, don't ever compare President Xi Jingping to Winnie the Pooh: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-08/winnie-the-pooh-film-c...

Don't even think about it.

There's definitely an uptick of Chinese gov't influence operations on Reddit, HN might be a bit under the radar but just in case...

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2018/62187...

If you're a connected young prince w/ a cushy party/govt job in China you're ballin' and life is goooood.

But if you're Joe-Shmoe you're kinda screwed, like with a most nightmare regimes it's the worker bees who get hit worst.

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Re:China is detaining a million Uighur muslims in a secret camp by JumpCrisscross on Friday August 10, 2018 @11:46PM (#17738206)
> If you're a connected young prince w/ a cushy party/govt job in China you're ballin' and life is goooood

I’ve recently been reading a lot about the late Roman republic. Cycles move faster nowadays. These people have a lot to worry about, and rational reasons to live fast.

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