According to this guy, the Western media has a habit of getting this story very wrong: https://twitter.com/ChinaLawTransl8/status/10420403727660277...

There are so many things wrong with China and the world today, there is simply no reason to make things up, and much of what is in this piece is wild speculation or outright fabrication, belittling the real struggles of some featured in it.

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