China's Authoritarian Enforcement

Discussions center on the Chinese government's selective and harsh law enforcement, including arrests, disappearances, and punishments for dissent or crimes, often compared to US/Western practices in the context of extraditing Chinese criminals.

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Sample Comments

dageshi Feb 19, 2016 View on HN

Sounds like the normal thing in China. Make something illegal, don't enforce it, if someone's saying something you don't like then enforce it specifically against them, keeps everyone else in line.

astrange Dec 7, 2022 View on HN

You want them to break Chinese laws? Don't think they have popular support for that.

major505 Sep 24, 2019 View on HN

because if you go to china protest against it, you will be thrown in a dark cell, and the key will be thown away.

tedunangst Nov 6, 2013 View on HN

The terrible things the Chinese government does aren't being done to you.

sliverstorm Dec 10, 2011 View on HN

China secretly imprisons and executes journalists, why can't the US?

metalman Dec 14, 2025 View on HN

no. these people are double fucked, once in the US, for crimes while bieng chinese, and then again, in China, for crimes while bieng chinese and then they will face a rather terrible but never directly spoken of fate, for having messed with brand CHINA™, which is the ultimate bad mojo. these people must be crazy, the only explainer would be if they were stealing strictly from other chinese, but somehow got caught outside that.

imjustsaying Mar 26, 2017 View on HN

In China, you would be sent to the gulags or disappeared for making this kind of post.

mrcorona May 25, 2020 View on HN

Is this quote about the foreign criminal activity in China?

janalsncm Oct 1, 2024 View on HN

According to Wikipedia it seems like China arrested a few of them. It’s a fairly big concern for them since Chinese citizens are often the victims of these foreign “business opportunities”. They will warn you if you’re going to those areas.

macspoofing Oct 28, 2016 View on HN

They may turn a blind eye in certain cases but China doesn't screw around if something goes wrong. You do hard time or worse.