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Re:How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B ... by leereeves on Saturday July 27, 2019 @04:08AM (#20540973)
What do you mean when you say "since everything is presumably 'forced' there"?

If it is forced labor, even if paid, the distinction between forced labor and slavery is trivial compared to the distinction between forced labor and freedom.

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Re:How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B ... by pteraspidomorph on Saturday July 27, 2019 @08:14AM (#20541660)
And there are other chilling mentions of the government forcing citizens to do things, reeducation camps, and surveillance throughout the article (all listed as good things).
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