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Re:What China's slow-motion real estate crisis means for the... by alephnerd on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:37PM (#38094355)
Journalists aren't sent abroad as much anymore.

After 2008, most news bureaus shut down their foreign offices, and whoever is left tends to stay within a bubble around the main bureau in that country, while sourcing news from freelancers.

In addition, when you can't see or understand social media in another language and on an entirely different ecosystem of platforms, you end up getting a warped view of the world.

Re:What China's slow-motion real estate crisis means for the... by chii on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:57PM (#38094469)
> Journalists aren't sent abroad as much anymore.

when the CCP arrests people for reporting things they dont like, it's no wonder foreign journalists don't want to go there.