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Re:China pressured London police to arrest Tiananmen protest... by a012 on Sunday June 30, 2019 @11:43AM (#20318776)
> Police watchdog investigators then found evidence that the Met’s treatment of Shao, one of the last protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, was influenced by pressure from Beijing to ensure Xi was not “embarrassed” by protests during his visit.

I'd say no countries dare to not please China. Blatantly attacks the people who risk their lives to say.

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Re:China pressured London police to arrest Tiananmen protest... by jammygit on Sunday June 30, 2019 @01:12PM (#20319208)
Canada upset China recently and China reacted by arresting some of our people for espionage and executing a suspected Canadian drug dealer. I imagine our next election will have some cyber attacks against the liberals but we’ll see
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Re:China pressured London police to arrest Tiananmen protest... by T-A on Sunday June 30, 2019 @10:36PM (#20322055)
> executing a suspected Canadian drug dealer

I don't think he's been executed yet?

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/08/asia-pacific/ca...

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Re:China pressured London police to arrest Tiananmen protest... by oska on Sunday June 30, 2019 @08:01PM (#20321391)
If you are referring to Canada's arrest of Huawei's CFO for potential extradition to the US then that is a very different matter.
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