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Re:Shanghai protestors calling for the end of Xi Jinping's rule by sfusato on Sunday November 27, 2022 @09:43AM (#33763238)
There were plenty of mass protests in the West in 2020/2021/2022 that the mass media simply refused to cover since they were standing with the government and didn't even tried to hide the allegiance. Though they have no issue cheering on protests that align with their masters interest.
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Re:Shanghai protestors calling for the end of Xi Jinping's rule by zht on Sunday November 27, 2022 @09:50AM (#33763279)
I see plenty of mentions by Chinese expats on social media as well.
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Re:Shanghai protestors calling for the end of Xi Jinping's rule by sfusato on Sunday November 27, 2022 @10:00AM (#33763345)
I'm not saying there are no protests in China. I've seen plenty of mentions myself and reports of the draconian measures implemented there. I'm just pointing out the double standards in the West's media.
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Re:Shanghai protestors calling for the end of Xi Jinping's rule by emptysongglass on Sunday November 27, 2022 @01:23PM (#33765199)
They're a double standard you invented. Your claims are simply false and yet more of the example of false equivalence we see tarried out so often by sympathizers to these horrific regimes.
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Re:Shanghai protestors calling for the end of Xi Jinping's rule by lajosbacs on Sunday November 27, 2022 @12:25PM (#33764665)
What is wrong with playing on your own team? West can be critical of China just as China can be critical of the west.

And B, I lived in or visited cities where protest were happening (in France, Switzerland, Czechia) and they were covered as one would expect them to be. Could you back your claim?

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Re:Shanghai protestors calling for the end of Xi Jinping's rule by 9864250 on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @07:44PM (#33795434)
The media should not be on the same team as the government.
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Re:Shanghai protestors calling for the end of Xi Jinping's rule by notfromhere on Sunday November 27, 2022 @12:30PM (#33764714)
This isn’t true. COViD protests got a ton of coverage.
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