Comment on Taiwan warns of its people of arrests, detentions in China
LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 1 month ago
2.77 Million people visiting China from Taiwan. 52 detained with not a single actual individual person being mentioned in the article. Just vague “went missing or had their personal freedoms restricted”
Why is this news?
Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Just read the article and about China’s new ‘guidelines.’
Btw, there are around 10,000 foreigners wrongfully detained in China, most of them are not officially named by their countries.
LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 1 month ago
10,000 people detained out of how many tourists worldwide? Like, I’m just trying to get some context because (1) a massive amount of people visit China every year and (2) how does this compare to other countries. A person being “detained” could literally just be a traffic stop.
Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
No, a traffic stop or an interaction with a police officer isn’t a detention. We are talking here about people who are wrongfully imprisoned for several years.
The vast majority of these people are wrongfully detained after a what is called a “closed door trial”. Essentially, this means that often not even their lawyers know what they are accused of. Very often, for example, authorities say it is for “espionage”, though it remains fully unclear what this alleged espionage would have been.
You’ll find a lot of credible reports from very reliable sources. During the pandemic, the situation in China regarding this practice is said to have worsened.
LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Literally just wrong. Detention includes a temporary hold . A traffic stop is a temporary hold. You’re just comically wrong.