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> People think that because they understand how things work in the US, they understand how things work in China.

So to your own point - Why should we believe what you say about China? Are you even Chinese? Maybe you’re a Chinese expert?

Given how few Americans properly understand how the American government functions I’m skeptical Americans understand the Chinese government and its nuance.

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It seems logical to me that we should believe the Chinese expats over others, since they are the ones who had first hand knowledge. Though it seems they don't necessarily thoroughly understand the exact details of the functioning or policies of the Chinese government, they do understand the effects of the decisions made and actions taken by the government. When the 'nuances' repeatedly involve torture and horrific authoritarianism atrocities we would do well to more than raise an eyebrow. There are many such accounts by numerous expats.

The poster did not indicate they are a Chinese expat, or have any particular knowledge on China for that matter.

I'm not claiming we should believe the poster, but the poster is relaying information expressed by numerous expats.

The entire post is framing skepticism about people who think they know China… yet we should believe they know China, why, exactly?

This is well supported and well documented in endless ways.

China is not a dictatorship. Funny how blatant lies are upvoted lol

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