There’s a police check to exit the subway, another to get in line, a third while standing in line, and metal detectors and X-ray machines before you finally reach the Beijing landmark.
  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    I wonder if the guard was like “Oh this guy is a journalist? Lets googlebaidu what he writes- Oh it’s just sinophobic nonsense. Tell him he has to come back tomorrow so we can waste more of his time”

  • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Elizabeth Perry, an expert on Chinese politics and protests at Harvard University, says the intensified security reflects the insecurities of the current leadership.

    Chinese President Xi Jinping “is very insecure,” she says.

    Brilliant insight, you can really tell that she’s an expert lmao

    For real though, how does anyone take this sort of shit seriously