Top Economist in China Vanishes After Private WeChat Comments

[bullwinkle]

https://www.wsj.com/world/china/top...ate-wechat-comments-50dac0b1?mod=hp_lead_pos3

Paywall... This looks better.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...peng-disappearance-xi-jinping-wechat-comments
There's no First Amendment in China. Nor Russia, N. Korea, nor (insert name of dictatorship here).

 

[MVAR]

I think they tried to dictate government policy. And it was not tolerated as it's a slippery slope.

Now they stay in their lane.

Like the founder of Alibaba? He didn’t dictate anything, made some comments & lost everything.

 

[KrisZ]

There's no First Amendment in China. Nor Russia, N. Korea, nor (insert name of dictatorship here).

There is no 1st amendment or equivalent in most if not all western countries either.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

They also don't like Halloween.

 

[KrisZ]

They also don't like Halloween.

And apple pie

 

[bobdoo]

Arkancide.

 

[97prizm]

I don’t think we can imagine the number of people who go missing in China
This is old news from last year, but there’s tons of examples since then

https://theweek.com/defence/why-do-chinese-politicians-keep-disappearing

Yeah look at Ah Wei Wei from ten-ish years ago. I think he is a well known painter or artist. He was "mysteriously kidnapped " for a while before being returned to his home. The only reason he got a pass was due to his enormous wealth.

 

[Vil_Riker]

Like the founder of Alibaba? He didn’t dictate anything, made some comments & lost everything.

Didn't lose everything but the enormous power he, and fellow IT billionaires, wield was curbed.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

Very sad. There must be the same type of virus that is going around in Russia from time to time now in China. Seems it is mostly caught around windows on high rise buildings.

 

[KrisZ]

Very sad. There must be the same type of virus that is going around in Russia from time to time now in China. Seems it is mostly caught around windows on high rise buildings.

It’s happening here as well. You just end up committing suicide or have a “fatal” car crash where you get up from the body bag on national TV.

 

[Vil_Riker]

It’s happening here as well. You just end up committing suicide or have a “fatal” car crash where you get up from the body bag on national TV.

Or die while taking a bath (that's mostly Hollywood, though)

 

[MVAR]

Didn't lose everything but the enormous power he, and fellow IT billionaires, wield was curbed.

Just half of his wealth & a likely reeducation camp. Then those strange state videos he was forced to make.

 

[Pew]

It’s happening here as well. You just end up committing suicide or have a “fatal” car crash where you get up from the body bag on national TV.

Boeing took a page out of China's book lol

 

[wpod]

"private" wechat comments?
nothing is private in china.

Or here in the US of A.

 

[PWMDMD]

Coming to Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in the near future.

US too? We will see...

 

[camrydriver111]

Coming to Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in the near future.

Glad Eastern Europe is safe. I will escape to a free country like Hungary.

 

[MParr]

US too? We will see...

Probably

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

TRUE: Every subject the wife and I speak of in the house. Living room, den, computer room to my man cave eventually starts popping up on her "smart phone," my desk top computer (has all sorts of security on it) to even the Ipad tablets in the house that are really only for the most part used by the grandkids to play games on. Someone with a lot more computer / phone / tv savy than I have , please throw me your ideas on why and how this is happening. I check our banking and all of our private accounts etc.... daily and we have never had any viruses or attacks we know of so I am at a loss to how , YET not one bit surprised. I have been told and heard police talk about being careful with the so called "smart TVs" of which we only have one of in the house.

 

[KrisZ]

TRUE: Every subject the wife and I speak of in the house. Living room, den, computer room to my man cave eventually starts popping up on her "smart phone," my desk top computer (has all sorts of security on it) to even the Ipad tablets in the house that are really only for the most part used by the grandkids to play games on. Someone with a lot more computer / phone / tv savy than I have , please throw me your ideas on why and how this is happening. I check our banking and all of our private accounts etc.... daily and we have never had any viruses or attacks we know of so I am at a loss to how , YET not one bit surprised. I have been told and heard police talk about being careful with the so called "smart TVs" of which we only have one of in the house.

Go to Settings>Siri and make sure these settings are Off.