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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by DaiPlusPlus on Saturday July 25, 2020 @11:02PM (#23954080)
> Along with a story of a Chinese National attempting to transport birds into Virginia which are known to be transmitters of Avian flu.

> Um... China... what’s the deal?

China's a country of over a billion people.

Let's not attribute the actions of individuals to sinister top-down plot from the CCO politboru until there's actual evidence.

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by chrischen on Saturday July 25, 2020 @11:17PM (#23954157)
It’s still a country that has a massive portion of the population that’s poor. If you want the poor people in the world to stop trying everything they can get some of your money then vote for more income equality initiatives and cut your own salary.

This type of behavior is endemic with poverty and can be seen with Nigerian princes, Indian call center scams, or just your friendly San Francisco neighborhood bike thief.

This behavior has more to do with poverty and income inequality than Chinese people (or people of any country or race for that matter).

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by hedora on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:30AM (#23954938)
If they had caught a European with a pet bird I doubt they’d be trying to claim it was evidence of an international bioterrorism ring.
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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by josephcsible on Sunday July 26, 2020 @11:32AM (#23957779)
True, but the reason why would be carrying "a pet bird" vs. "a bag of dead birds", not the person being European vs. Chinese as you're trying to imply.
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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by cvhashim on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:27AM (#23954921)
You can’t fart in China without CCP knowing exactly who did it. Nefarious acts would be extremely hard to get away with it.
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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by stareatgoats on Sunday July 26, 2020 @04:42AM (#23955500)
> You can’t fart in China without CCP knowing exactly who did it

I seriously doubt that. It's a police state, but let's not exaggerate, eh?

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