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jza00425 on March 3, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: China congress: BBC team forced to sign confession

You can accuse China. At the same time China has its right to screw BBC. Their land, their rules.

JoeAltmaier on March 3, 2017 | [–]

Actually human rights are universal. China doesn't recognize that, sure. It doesn't give them special rights. Legal rights within their borders are theirs to adjudicate, sure, but they are still wrong to suppress journalists for instance.

Paradigma11 on March 4, 2017 | [–]

What right and rules cover this behaviour?

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