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This happened before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books_disappearan...
> The billionaire, Xiao Jianhua, who has been missing since Friday, is in police custody in China, where he apparently is safe, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of arrest. It's interesting to see how a country with no freedom of speech or press operates. Sure they have a great and growing economy, but at what price to the citizens? There are no secret police in Ba Sing Se
> is in police custody in China, where he apparently is safe My understanding is that this is a contradiction in terms.
Seems extraordinarily unlikely to be related to the current chaos within the US executive branch. The new Trump administration is dealing with like six or seven crises at the moment (of its own creation, no less). China knows that a little malfesance on its part won't come anywhere near TV news. This is what people mean when they praise things like a "steady hand on the tiller". These coming years are going to be one…
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/01/chinese-billionaire-ab... No-one knows why he's there. The issue is more with Chinese agents operating on Hong Kong soil. They shouldn't be.
This happened before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books_disappearan...
The creepiest part of that incident is that after weeks of no communication, the bookseller "wrote" an email to his daughter saying that he is alright and not to worry about him.
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/01/chinese-billionaire-ab... No-one knows why he's there. The issue is more with Chinese agents operating on Hong Kong soil. They shouldn't be.
I will be very surprised if Canada does or says anything of significance, given that these people are politically unpopular and causing issues for British Columbia. China has all the power here. The best I imagine he will get is a diplomat to issue a strongly worded protest that has no teeth.
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I thought they praised Change and Yes We Can.
There's a difference between "Change" and complete chaos. One is an orderly transition from one state to another. The second is the devolution of order into entropy, with the attendant waste and loss of information. I wonder which better describes the policies of the current US administration.
I don't have a lot of sympathy for this man's problems. When you're making your billions from the corruption in the Chinese state, you run the risk of ending up on the wrong side of it. It's no different than any other organized crime. I will be very surprised if Canada does or says anything of significance, given that these people are politically unpopular and causing issues for British Columbia. China has all the p…
This guy is Canadian and Antiguan in name only, he's Chinese-born and trying to use his resources to escape the government that created his wealth. Of all the human rights/border violations that China commits, this isn't a good poster child.