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Re:China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans fr... by thrwwy482 on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:26PM (#20977948)
>The article also covered spouse of suspects arrested on suspicion of spying... which no shit justifies exit bans.

As a Westerner I have a lot of trouble understanding how you can consider what you just wrote as obvious. Could you describe your thinking about this more? I know you said it's obvious but I don't get why.

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Re:China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans fr... by zbxofnfkcnx on Sunday September 15, 2019 @01:40PM (#20978396)
It’s right there in the sentence you quoted (albeit awkwardly written)! The spouse is also suspected of spying!

Do you think the Chinese are idiots? Or that we don’t do the same??

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Re:China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans fr... by hungryhobo on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:43PM (#20978073)
Do you consider the exit ban placed on Huawei's CFO as obvious?
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Re:China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans fr... by khuey on Sunday September 15, 2019 @01:01PM (#20978174)
She's been indicted and is subject to an extradition proceeding in a court of law. What legal process is this guy's spouse subject to that prevents her from leaving?
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Re:China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans fr... by hungryhobo on Sunday September 15, 2019 @01:52PM (#20978471)
Ah sorry I misread
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Re:China is increasingly using exit bans to bar Americans fr... by thrwwy482 on Sunday September 15, 2019 @01:12PM (#20978237)
When I read this reply I thought you said "Huawei's CFO's spouse" (since my question was about spouses or family members) and I was shocked and didn't know what you were talking about, I certainly didn't know that happened, couldn't think of any reason for that to happen or for it to be obvious it should/would happen. Then I realized you didn't say spouse. I am asking about the spouse part!

Can you tell me more of the parent poster's thinking? They implied it's really obvious, so I'd like to understand it.

I realize you think it's obvious but I don't understand it and can't imagine what you and the other poster mean. Could you put it into words?

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