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[โ€“] nick@campfyre.nickwebster.dev 21 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Source: a friend of mine personally telling me what happened the last time he was in mainland China.

[โ€“] zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 7 hours ago

Zero possibility that this friend lied?

Some people love to lie especially if it gets a rise out of people. "Defectors" including the likes of Yeonmi Park from the DPRK also are financially incentivised to lie. I know people that lie about shit in the UK to make things sound worse than it is, and they will swear up and down it's true after being called out on it.