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In the case of articles touching on China, though, this is hard. We will never hear the perspectives of Chinese nationals who disagree with the CCP line, even if they reside outside of China, because they will be reported and their loved ones will face fearsome punishments. So HN "debate" is polluted because only one side is let through, regardless of whether those espousing the CCP line have any formal relationship with the CCP.
> We will never hear the perspectives of Chinese nationals who disagree with the CCP line
This is not true. Watch Radio Free Asian, the epoch times, and many indenpent Chinese dissident channels on YouTube like Mr. Jiang Feng (https://youtube.com/c/%E6%B1%9F%E5%B3%B0%E6%97%B6%E5%88%BB). These are mostly Chinese speaking content. You of course can find a lot of English content of western media interviewing Chinese dissident.
> they will be reported and their loved ones will face fearsome punishments.
Another slander by western Media about the social situation in China. Essentialy, the media wants to paint the Chinese soceity as inhuman, and incapable of rational thinking. That of course becomes a nice subconscious justification of violence towards them, like what happened in the colonial era by White colonists to justify their policy towards Indians.
Chinese do not report their friends and family. The might expose by standers occasionally, online. But again that's not too different from someone got cancelled here.
> polluted because only one side is let through
The one sided part is the negative and inhuman side of China right?
Think yourself for a moment the slanders some IDs received when they advanced a contrararian view on China with seemingly plausible backings, and the unanimous views that portrait a unjust and inhuman Chinese society.
If you think the one-sided part is the positive part, then it bears explanation that how someone stating objective truth got slandered repetitively without any factual counterparts.
That sounds like a terrifying threat to anyone who might post on this page who has loved ones within the reach of the CCP.
The number of people who should be reported to any government for criticizing it is zero. If there are laws against criticizing the government, such laws are unjust.
> The one sided part is the negative and inhuman side of China right?
Not China. The CCP.