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Re:Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage ... by busterarm on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:51PM (#17820971)
Seriously. What did she think was going to happen?

She's lucky they were nice enough to wait out the rest of her visa instead of revoking it and deporting her on the spot. Shrewd move on their part for that, btw. If she was a citizen they would have just disappeared or killed her.

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Re:Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage ... by Sag0Sag0 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @06:53PM (#17822979)
That's a bit much. It's unlikely that even if she was a citizen they would have disappeared or killed her. More like give her a firm warning and lecture and a vague threat or two of what may be to come if she keeps it up.
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Re:Buzzfeed journalist denied China visa following coverage ... by Markoff on Thursday August 23, 2018 @10:28AM (#17827530)
they don't kill for stuff like this anymore, more likely regular prison, but she is lucky to be foreigner, so they could just restrict her traveling rights to Xinjiang and wait until her visa run out
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