Which pictures and videos? The Internet is full of random videos which are either completely devoid of accompanying background information, or claim to depict something which they don't. We discuss this problem to an extent here: https://austrianchina.substack.com/p/china-dystopia-psyop-part2
The pics and vids reported by the media in USA and other Western countries, and reposted on twitter and elsewhere. In short, the same ones you have seen.
To me, the first pic is clearly staged, just like those from Wuhan. Notice they were looking at the cameras, their phones, or looking ahead? Just like the Wuhan ones.
Yes, definitely. Chinese are easier to threaten than foreigners, so on average Chinese deportation candidates probably have to endure longer threat sessions. But the principle is the same. And at the end of the day, with 20,000+ new cases every day, the government already has its hands full with the people who don't resist. How much time can they realistically afford to devote to each resister?
The Shanghai Lockdown Report - fortnightly might not be often enough
How do we know those pics and vids are legitimate? I still remember those close-up pics and videos of Wuhan.
I DON'T accept or believe anything re China without independent, on-the-ground corroborations.
The stories, pics and videos are repeats of Wuhan in 2019/20.
Which pictures and videos? The Internet is full of random videos which are either completely devoid of accompanying background information, or claim to depict something which they don't. We discuss this problem to an extent here: https://austrianchina.substack.com/p/china-dystopia-psyop-part2
The pics and vids reported by the media in USA and other Western countries, and reposted on twitter and elsewhere. In short, the same ones you have seen.
Here are some:
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/public-health-its-what-shanghai-craves?s=r
To me, the first pic is clearly staged, just like those from Wuhan. Notice they were looking at the cameras, their phones, or looking ahead? Just like the Wuhan ones.
about the refusing deportation part, does it apply to Chinese citizen?
Yes, definitely. Chinese are easier to threaten than foreigners, so on average Chinese deportation candidates probably have to endure longer threat sessions. But the principle is the same. And at the end of the day, with 20,000+ new cases every day, the government already has its hands full with the people who don't resist. How much time can they realistically afford to devote to each resister?