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Re:If you travel to China, be aware of an exit ban by jamesaurichs on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:08PM (#37071069)
Low quality "whataboutism" comment that basically reiterates 50 cents talking points.

Violate any charges that the CCP police/judge wishes to place on you, and you can be locked up for a very long time, since China is a dictatorship now. Tortures include

- people staring at you in your cells 24/7

- overstretching limbs

- forced feedings

- sleep depravation

https://ishr.org/torture-methods-in-the-peoples-republic-of-...

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Re:If you travel to China, be aware of an exit ban by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:12PM (#37071089)
> since China is a dictatorship now.

When was China not a dictatorship? Isn’t the issue now that it has become something less of a benevolent dictatorship with regard to foreign travelers recently?

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Re:If you travel to China, be aware of an exit ban by waithuh on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:25PM (#37071187)
To be fair, any U.S government agency can very well torture you as well, as they can do an oopsie and send you over to somewhere middle in the woods in Poland.

The term whataboutism is also not exactly stable when it comes to politics because nobody plays fairly.

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Re:If you travel to China, be aware of an exit ban by theonething on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:53PM (#37071749)
I don't have proof, but I'm willing to bet that it happens a lot more in China than here in the US.
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Re:If you travel to China, be aware of an exit ban by zoklet-enjoyer on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:20PM (#37071144)
People staring at me 24/7 sounds really weird but I dunno about torture
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