TIL about ‘Operation #YellowBird ‘ that took place in #China after the 1989 #StudentProtests and subsequent massacre at #TiananmenSquare in #Beijing.

The surviving students had to be smuggled out of the country, and are still being pursued around the world 🌎 by the #Chinese #CommunistParty.
👀 👉 https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgy7xypwj8o.amp

China is still harassing dissidents who fled in the 1990s

Yan Xiong escaped from China in 1992, but he and other dissidents are still being targeted by Beijing.

^{Gordon Corera (BBC News)}

Too much criticism of #Biden's #EV #tariffs ignoring basic facts about #China & #BYD

A reminder about why #Chinese #electric vehicles are so cheap - more than mere "innovation"

- non-existent labor protections, & no real labor unions in Chinese factories = cheap workforce (unlike unionized Detroit)

- minimal lacking sourcing standards for raw materials = widespread supply chain #humanrights & #environmental abuses

- massive subsidies & domestic market protectionism

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^{Nanda van der Meer (leadthecharge.org)}