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China Rounding Up Hong Kong Booksellers For Detention

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With one fleeting exception, Chinese media has left untouched the explosive revelations of forced confessions, extraterritoriality, abductions and solitary confinement made by Lam Wing-kee


Hours after Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee defiantly told reporters on Thursday evening that Chinese authorities had detained him for eight months (five of them in solitary confinement), and forced him to issue a scripted TV confession for trading in banned books, China’s Global Times delivered what seemed like a state-sanctioned riposte.

The daily, which is affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party and specializes in flag-waving editorials, dismissed international condemnation of the mysterious disappearances of five Hong Kong–connected booksellers who specialized in scurrilous paperbacks skewering — with little documentary evidence — China’s political elite.

All five had ended up in detention on the mainland — even though two had last been seen outside of mainland China, prompting worries that they had been abducted by agents of the Chinese state.

China Imposes Blackout on Hong Kong Bookseller's Revelations
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Our largest trading partner is at it again, this time rounding up booksellers who the Communist government doesn't like. With an almost complete media blackout occurring on mainland China. Thoughts? Comments?
 
truthatallcost said:
With one fleeting exception, Chinese media has left untouched the explosive revelations of forced confessions, extraterritoriality, abductions and solitary confinement made by Lam Wing-kee


Hours after Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee defiantly told reporters on Thursday evening that Chinese authorities had detained him for eight months (five of them in solitary confinement), and forced him to issue a scripted TV confession for trading in banned books, China’s Global Times delivered what seemed like a state-sanctioned riposte.

The daily, which is affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party and specializes in flag-waving editorials, dismissed international condemnation of the mysterious disappearances of five Hong Kong–connected booksellers who specialized in scurrilous paperbacks skewering — with little documentary evidence — China’s political elite.

All five had ended up in detention on the mainland — even though two had last been seen outside of mainland China, prompting worries that they had been abducted by agents of the Chinese state.

China Imposes Blackout on Hong Kong Bookseller's Revelations
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Our largest trading partner is at it again, this time rounding up booksellers who the Communist government doesn't like. With an almost complete media blackout occurring on mainland China. Thoughts? Comments?
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Isnt that the type of things that they do all the time anyways?
 
FreedomFromAll said:
Isnt that the type of things that they do all the time anyways?
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Except they are not suppose to be bale to in Hong Kong. Rule of laws and the concepts for rights and freedoms still exist in Hong Kong but the CCP overlooks that.
 
Carjosse said:
Except they are not suppose to be bale to in Hong Kong. Rule of laws and the concepts for rights and freedoms still exist in Hong Kong but the CCP overlooks that.
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This isnt anything new going on. If you just google it you will see.
 
I have heard this might be due to a book they tried to release, which desribes an affir of Xi Jinping.

If they just wanted to ban book sellers in Hong Kong, then there ways that are more effective and less controversial, such as using local police enforcement.
 
if you have to burn a book for your ideology to work, you are definitely ****ed in the long run. dictatorial communism has been ****ed from the outset, though, so these are mostly death rattles.
 
Helix said:
if you have to burn a book for your ideology to work, you are definitely ****ed in the long run. dictatorial communism has been ****ed from the outset, though, so these are mostly death rattles.
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Its interesting how the One Country, Two Systems framework for Hong Kong and Macau are set up.
Hong Kong independently takes care of economics, courts, immigration. however mainland China has a few things they mandate. Military of course and also cultural issues and parts of education. So they key things of the ability to enforce and control what people think.
 
SocialD said:
Its interesting how the One Country, Two Systems framework for Hong Kong and Macau are set up.
Hong Kong independently takes care of economics, courts, immigration. however mainland China has a few things they mandate. Military of course and also cultural issues and parts of education. So they key things of the ability to enforce and control what people think.
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when i watched the the Chinese soldiers caravan in upon the return of Hong Kong to China, i figured that its days of autonomy were pretty much over. however, the Chinese are smart. they weren't willing to drown an economic engine. not only that, but they also incorporated a big chunk of ours in the decades that followed, as well.
 
Helix said:
when i watched the the Chinese soldiers caravan in upon the return of Hong Kong to China, i figured that its days of autonomy were pretty much over. however, the Chinese are smart. they weren't willing to drown an economic engine. not only that, but they also incorporated a big chunk of ours in the decades that followed, as well.
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Yea true. their current president is in a somewhat fragile position though as he has pushed things pretty far on a lot of fronts. Taiwan, east and south china seas and conflicts with Japan, Philippines, Vietnam and others. The pending right of the sea decision in the international court in the Hague should be handed down very soon. I am sure they will side with the Philippines on that and it will be interesting to see if China reacts or just ignores it.
They have tried to expand their sphere of control and have pushed this very far and have a lot of opposition. the UN has been demure about it but an international court decision will give some clout to a more hard stance.
 
truthatallcost said:
With one fleeting exception, Chinese media has left untouched the explosive revelations of forced confessions, extraterritoriality, abductions and solitary confinement made by Lam Wing-kee


Hours after Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee defiantly told reporters on Thursday evening that Chinese authorities had detained him for eight months (five of them in solitary confinement), and forced him to issue a scripted TV confession for trading in banned books, China’s Global Times delivered what seemed like a state-sanctioned riposte.

The daily, which is affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party and specializes in flag-waving editorials, dismissed international condemnation of the mysterious disappearances of five Hong Kong–connected booksellers who specialized in scurrilous paperbacks skewering — with little documentary evidence — China’s political elite.

All five had ended up in detention on the mainland — even though two had last been seen outside of mainland China, prompting worries that they had been abducted by agents of the Chinese state.

China Imposes Blackout on Hong Kong Bookseller's Revelations
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Our largest trading partner is at it again, this time rounding up booksellers who the Communist government doesn't like. With an almost complete media blackout occurring on mainland China. Thoughts? Comments?
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The more China changes the more it remains the same. People seem to forget the Fact that China is still a Communist country, but people like to make money and for some that is all that counts.
 
Casper said:
The more China changes the more it remains the same. People seem to forget the Fact that China is still a Communist country, but people like to make money and for some that is all that counts.
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Yes, I feel like we should have never opened up trade with China, its bitten us in the backside.

Many Republicans were too greedy and sold out to China, and of course the Clintons have a long history of shady dealings with Chinese businessmen. Hillary Clinton has had ties to people who were working on the behalf of Chinese military intelligence. So it doesn't look like anything will change anytime soon.
 
truthatallcost said:
Yes, I feel like we should have never opened up trade with China, its bitten us in the backside.

Many Republicans were too greedy and sold out to China, and of course the Clintons have a long history of shady dealings with Chinese businessmen. Hillary Clinton has had ties to people who were working on the behalf of Chinese military intelligence. So it doesn't look like anything will change anytime soon.
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Sadly, True.
 
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