Chinese Olympic ski team requested a Norway public library to remove books
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Re: Chinese Olympic ski team requested a Norway public library to remove books
#2> "They have said that if any of the Chinese skiers are caught with these books, they are afraid that they would risk being sent to labor camp or prison in China."
So don't go to the library and check out those exact books, then.
Re: Chinese Olympic ski team requested a Norway public library to remove books
#3The hubris of authoritarian states never ceases to amaze. I very much doubt Norway will comply with this, and they very well shouldn't.
Re: Chinese Olympic ski team requested a Norway public library to remove books
#4> "They have said that if any of the Chinese skiers are caught with these books, they are afraid that they would risk being sent to labor camp or prison in China." So don't go to the library and check out those exact books, then.
Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/UwqV3NmD4ng?t=172
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#5tldr; Norway library politely tells Chinese book banners to go fuck themselves.
Good. China's leaders need more push back in their overreach in censoring content around the world.
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#6The sooner we push China over the edge to collapse the better
Re: Chinese Olympic ski team requested a Norway public library to remove books
#7The sooner we push China over the edge to collapse the better
Yep, plenty of other countries ready to take its place as the factory of the world.
Re: Chinese Olympic ski team requested a Norway public library to remove books
#8The hubris of authoritarian states never ceases to amaze. I very much doubt Norway will comply with this, and they very well shouldn't.
It's not hubris, it's showboating for internal politics. Not only will Norway not comply with such a ridiculous request, the ridiculousness of the request is the whole point because "only a true believer could request something so ridiculous".
Re: Chinese Olympic ski team requested a Norway public library to remove books
#9The sooner we push China over the edge to collapse the better
s/China/USA/ and watch everyone lose their shit, point being that everything is subjective. On a serious note, China is going nowhere.
Re: Chinese Olympic ski team requested a Norway public library to remove books
#10China trying to interfere with another country’s internal affairs. The irony.