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Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by inconceivable on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:49PM (#36077428)
> I've yet to meet a Chinese or Russian colleague who thinks it would be better if China or Russia

lmao the ones who live in america? yeah, of course. they don't want to get deported.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Initiative

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Ho_Lee <-- taiwanese lolol

Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by illumin8 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:21PM (#36078619)
Wen Ho Lee was a PRC spy and was caught exfiltrating secrets. Hardly a reasonable example of unjust persecution.

Are you serious? No US person seriously believes we will deport a Chinese national on a legitimate visa for their political views. Can you point to a single example of this happening?

Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by runarberg on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:45PM (#36078765)
Isn’t that exactly what happened to Emma Goldman and Charles Chaplin?
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by illumin8 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @10:59PM (#36079257)
Were they Chinese nationals?
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by inconceivable on Friday May 26, 2023 @12:06AM (#36079759)
you know, it's funny, the only person caught up by the china initiative was a white guy too.
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by runarberg on Friday May 26, 2023 @12:18AM (#36079848)
There are famous cases of USA deporting a Polish-Lithuanian Jew and a British Actor because of their political views. Is there a reason to believe they wouldn’t deport a Chinese national for the same reason? Particularly since “having been a member of the Communist party” (a requirement for any Chinese citizen seeking a job in the public sector) is a question they ask before issuing a green card.
Re:War Is a Racket (1935) by inconceivable on Friday May 26, 2023 @12:02AM (#36079713)
> Wen Ho Lee was a PRC spy and was caught exfiltrating secrets.

then why wasn't he convicted of it? LOL why is he walking around free, and with a bunch of money he won from a civil suit filed against the government?

who's incompetent here, the FBI, the DOJ, or the courts? how can we assure that every east asian accused of espionage is convicted?

it's a shame you aren't a federal judge, then no spy would ever get away.