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EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes (www.hackingbutlegal.com)
submitted 11 months ago by ToAllPointsWest@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was a confluence of state repression and the sometimes capricious attention of a Western audience that, as she asserts, often views Chinese activists more as ideological tokens than as genuine human beings.

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[–] elouboub@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Never heard of her, but why can't her partner (Kaidi?) leave? Can't they sneak across the border and start a new life I dunno... in Europe, Australia, Japan, or something?

[–] gowan@reddthat.com 57 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kaidi is Uighur so racism is why she cannot leave.

[–] elouboub@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'm not sure I understand... why would the Chinese keep somebody they are racist against in the country? To continue being racist against them? Wouldn't they want them to leave? Or are they being treated as free labor?

[–] gowan@reddthat.com 36 points 11 months ago

Because they want to limit the amount of information the rest of the world has about China's racist policies against them.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 13 points 11 months ago

Every victim of suppression that leaves is a possible dissident operating from abroad

[–] scurry@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

I’m guessing it’s also not feasible to get her a visa on the other side, meaning nowhere to go. I also wouldn’t be surprised if her family being more closely watched and targeted if they leave isn’t also part of why they feel they can’t.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 34 points 11 months ago

Her partner is Uighur.

[–] spokenlollipop@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 11 months ago

You're looking at it from a logical view,

The answer is pretty much that her partner is a minority that the state hates, so they want to punish that person and anyone who supports her,

And it's just that. Perhaps they could escape, but I presume they both have family there, and then they may not be able to return, etc.