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Media outlets across east Asia were reporting that Cheung, who had just finished her A-levels, had been declared a threat to national security by officials in Hong Kong. There was an offer of HK$1m (£94,000) to anyone who could assist in her arrest or capture.

Friends said: ‘Sorry, you are a criminal in Hong Kong now so we can’t be associated with you.’ Even friends in Leeds stopped seeing me

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

how does one check if there is a Chinese bounty on themselves?

asking because I was contacted by Chinese nationals that worked in the consulate in Texas hours after publicly expressing China can go fuck itself on Reddit. weeks later that same place was on the news for burning thousands of documents in their parking lot and everyone inside fleeing back to China now listed as spies.

also when I say contacted, I mean they emailed me and sent messages on LinkedIn. my Reddit account was never linked to my personal identity.

edit: oh yeah, China can still go fuck itself.

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

how does one check if there is a Chinese bounty on themselves?

Maybe ask @ Lemmy/ China instance? Make sure you get the correct one.

[–] Maldreamer@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait how did they still get your email and LinkedIn?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

gonna guess they have a profile on everyone on Reddit.

I mean, it's no secret that Reddit has deep ties to Chinese financing.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 156 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Holy shit, she was just a kid speaking out about her experiences! I hope she can stay safe in the UK and live a normal life. Poor gal.

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[–] Kapirotto@lemmy.ml 27 points 4 days ago (5 children)

It's crazy how, here in Brazil, we kind of have to chose now if we stay besides USA or China... We hate what Trump is doing to us, but at the same time, our partners in BRICS are not a bed of roses either... It seems the bipolarization of the world is coming to its max now, again, after cold war...

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

From an American: sorry.

I know it doesn’t mean much, but there's a significant fraction of Americans who hate what Trump is doing to y'all, including some of my family. Tons of people here hate Trump, and I mean hate his guts, even former Republicans.

I don’t know China as well, but it seems like there’s a lot more political unity there.

…But also, let our dumpster fire be a lesson, I guess. It can happen to you. Ban our stuff, please, especially Big Tech.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Alliances are drawn out of self interest not morality.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not many of us want to piss off either psycho gov't, NGL. Don't throw out shitty platitudes like that unless you're commiserating.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was justifying allying with one or the other.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Your made-up platitude is baseless, off-key, and slapped together to sound wise, but it's even shittier than "Eat, Pray, Love", FFS.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You’ll figure out the world isn’t full of rainbows someday.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago

Oh, sweetie...

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Did it make a difference when China built that big container port in Peru and started connecting it with railways to the Atlantic coast?

[–] Kapirotto@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Not yet... At least here se don't see any movement or change yet...

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

our partners in BRICS

There are no BRICS partners. The union literally does nothing but yap contrarian lmao

[–] Kapirotto@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're maybe right... I'd love to see an alternative currency for international trade though. We're done with US Dollars.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why? What would you gain with a dollar competitor? I mena no one's stopping you using other currencies right now unless your an oligarch in a gas station country.

[–] Kapirotto@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, US companies have the monopoly on credit cards. US imposes SWIFT all around he world. If I buy something on amazon, or alibaba, it will be converted to USD and then to my currency. All commodities, on what my country depends, are rated in USD, even if few sell it to China or Europe... And all of this for what? What is the actual value US is putting into all of this? Its only getting a share on something it has nothing to do. And it just gives US fu**ed up governors the chance to impose sanctions to whoever they want in order to interfere with foreign affairs.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thats simply not true. I say that as European living in Asia - none of my euros are converted to dollars, ever.

[–] Kapirotto@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

So, Magnitsky law, and SWIFT blockades are for nothing? Just because it's not explicit on the website, it doesn't mean it's not doing it behind the scenes. That's how economy works... If I buy something from China, my money goes there by SWIFT transactions, which is controlled by US.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Lmao what does that even have to do with BRICS. You're lost somewhere bro

[–] Kapirotto@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago

There are people that just come online to argue with others and try to make a point no matter what, no matter how rude they are, and no matter how embarrassed they become... Sorry for u. Meanwhile read this article. It seems that you didn't see news about BRICS, Brazil and US sanctions for a while. https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/07/24/trumps-astonishing-battering-of-brazil

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Um literalmente apoiou a ditadura e está fazendo a mesma coisa de novo, e você tá preocupado com o que talvez supostamente, segundo os estados unidos, a China pode fazer?

[–] Kapirotto@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 days ago

Me diga se vc gostaria de viver hoje na China, Rússia, Índia... Talvez no Irã? Ditaduras declaradas, a tempos! Eu concordou que o BR não pode se vender aos EUA (de novo) mas a alternativa também não é lá muito promissora...

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 60 points 5 days ago

My partner is a refugee / enemy of her former state for advocating democracy. Her friend was on the phone with her (the friend’s) brother when he was kidnapped and disappeared. Another of her friends was targeted in his home (abroad) and has to keep his travel plans secret. And that country is nowhere near as powerful as China. This woman is extremely brave.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 58 points 5 days ago

Her family, says Cheung, “knew I was someone who doesn’t know how to shut up. They didn’t want either of us to end up in prison for speaking our mind, because my mum said, ‘You are kind of nobody. No one would know that you’re in prison.’”

Good on the family for leaving the country.

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 43 points 5 days ago (2 children)

ML: China best, this is fake.

Tomorrow, she is missing…

ML: She is lying. She is faking. Western propaganda

Next week dead in a ditch…

ML: Suicide by gunshot to back of head.

[–] Slotos@feddit.nl 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That’s a bit too humane for tankies. I’d rather expect „she’s a bitch and deserves to die” from the get go.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

With a touch of what about the CIA.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, she is a CIA agent since she left Hong Kong and only CIA agents would ever leave China.

[–] Gsus4@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago

Funny, that can be reconciled at the other end with the maga bullshitting: "China is invading us with spies". It's similar to the war on terror in that the media would say "fear brown people" and then fundamentalists would do everything they could to validate that through media hysteria to get more recruits.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I have an acquaintance who is Chinese, and the propaganda really got to him. I keep suggesting things maybe aren't always really as they might seem. But no, they certainly are, and China is better than every other country in every way.

[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 0 points 4 days ago

I have a friend who is actually from China (and now in the states), and they talk so much shit about China, it’s crazy. The mind control is deep.

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml -5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

On a material front, it does look that way, given that China does manufacture pretty much everything.

[–] ptolemai@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Manufacture everything, including the news.

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I thought the Murdoch group did most of that?

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

That's whataboutism.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Me, sweating ass off at factory: "This is why I'm better than everyone."

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

CONSUME

NUMBER GO UP

CONSUME

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Free Hong Kong SAR, Manchuria, Tibet, and West Taiwan. One day, the PRC will implode and the White Sun will be raised over Peking.

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I read “woke up with a Chinese beautiful head” and I was like omg can we all do this, is this tips

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