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Hugh_Lebowski

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1. I figured some people would've gotten the death penalty over it

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Jun 11, 2021, 01:54 PM

Jun 2021

Possibly the fact that the story (somewhat strangely) passed from 'the news' around the globe quickly and thus didn't result in China's global reputation being badly tarnished has saved a lot of the people's lives ... or least saved them from long jail terms.

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I figured some people would've gotten the death penalty over it Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #1

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