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Re:Singapore tells Facebook to correct post under new fake n... by hopefulcynic on Friday November 29, 2019 @05:19AM (#21663448)
I have a feeling that "forcible havesting of organs" is just propaganda. I remember hearing about "forcible harvesting of organs" of the falun gong 20 years ago when the west and china were going through a difficult period of china's ascension to the WTO. And once the "difficulties" were overcome, nothing about falun gong and the "organ harvesting".

I also remember the propaganda about iraqi soldiers killing babies in hospitals which turned out to be a manufactured lie.

I'm sure the chinese government does a lot of bad things, like every major government, but the 24/7 ridiculous "news" we are getting now, is just propaganda.

I'm not a psychic, but I predicted the following when the trade war began.

1. "organ harvesting" ( to be fair I mistakenly assumed it would be tied to tibetans or the falun gong )

2. hong kong protest ( just like during the pivot to asia 5 years ago )

3. "chinese spies" or "politicians" magically defecting with outlandish stories

4. "international" awards ( nobel peace, think tank awards, whatever ) being awarded to politically expedient people

And if things really escalate, then I'll make another prediction - yellow peril style propaganda. And of course, the chinese will also escalate their propaganda.

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Re:Singapore tells Facebook to correct post under new fake n... by squiggleblaz on Friday November 29, 2019 @08:07AM (#21664113)
This is the internet. You can't retrospectively claim your predictions have come true without providing a dated link to when you actually made them.

If the PRC wants to be respected, they could publish information and allow journalists in instead of lying.

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Re:Singapore tells Facebook to correct post under new fake n... by viewbase on Friday November 29, 2019 @07:44AM (#21663997)
The worrying part is the American public keeps falling for the same tricks: Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, Syria has chemical weapons, Gaddafi's soldiers supposedly issued viagra for raping women, voting Bush for second term, etc.

I have no doubt these countries have done horrible things, but they do not deserve to be invaded and subjected to millions of civilian deaths.

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