This breaks the site guidelines badly, and we ban accounts that do that.

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I agree my comment doesn't justify my 'speculation'. I apologise and acknowledge that I could have done a better job.

I intended to add a word of caution to the original comment, while completely acknowledging that I may be totally wrong. New account, redirection of the topic while not addressing the specific points of criticism, in conflict with other investigative journalist reports. Here's why I put on a tin foil hat: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/05/1...

FWIW, I'm appreciative of quite a number of 'bold' policies of the Chinese government dared to experiment with and implement. It's just that undisclosed affiliations bother me.

Is something evidence or an annoyance that someone has an opinion that does not agree with yours?