“But today I changed my mind, completely,” Ai said. “The West (is) not even (in a) position to accuse China. (They must) just check on their record (of) what they did on international human rights, (their) freedom of speech record.”

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      How did you arrive on that conclusion? I read several UK-based news sites and they criticize the government on a daily basis.

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        Someone told another person to “speak clearly” because they’re deaf and got arrested for hate speech

        Someone was discussing the problems of immigration in public and was arrested for the same

        Thousands have been arrested for opposing genocide in Gaza under terrorism laws

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          Thousands have been arrested for opposing genocide in Gaza under terrorism laws

          Do you have a source for this claim?

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      They don’t lol, they censor the hell out of their Internet, the netizens have to use proxies and anti detect browser just to bypass the firewalls.

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            I feel like this comment section is primarily made up of dril and Ken M. tweets.

            There are so many comments like the one you’re replying to that just make no sense except as absurdist humor.