• ttmrichter@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    He was arrested before the Meng thing happened, so the arrest was not dubiously political. The upgrading to the death sentence, however, was very clearly a pressure tactic of dubious politics.

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      7 months ago

      Also a case of play stupid games, win stupid prizes

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        7 months ago

        Yep. Regardless of what your position is on drugs (and I’m in the “legalize and license most of them” camp), it’s well known that the Chinese government (for very valid, albeit unfortunate, historical reasons) has absolutely no tolerance for the recreational narcotics industry and that this includes the death penalty.

        You’d have to be a very special kind of stupid to traffic drugs in China, or any number of other countries with similar policies.

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          7 months ago

          That part is fair. You have to know the risks of the crime you’re committing, where some governments care more than others about it.