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Chinese Communist Party Is Censoring People In America For Talking About Hong Kong

Ashe Schow
Chinese Communist Party Is Censoring People In America For Talking About Hong Kong
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The Chinese Communist Party is censoring pro-Hong Kong speech on its most popular social media app, WeChat.

That censorship extends to Chinese people living in America, according to The Verge. The outlet reported that after pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong won election in a landslide, Chinese Americans were unable to show their support using the app, even if they were using in it the U.S.

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