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He was tasked by his handlers with hunting down dissidents across the globe, sometimes by using elaborate cover stories — once as a property executive and another as an anti-CCP freedom fighter — to try to gain their confidence and lure them to countries where they could be abducted and returned to China.

"Their job is to protect the party's status … and when I say status, I mean control … The party has to remain in control."

"So anyone within the Chinese population internally, or in the diaspora … that could threaten the party's control … that's what they would be investigating, opposing and disrupting if necessary."

 

@GrantCloud @popdisaster00 whats the beef here

 

it would be Minneapolis staring at St. Paul and St. Paul not giving a fuck. I’m sorry if you don’t understand this

 

Idk what the equivalent is. San Fran vs. Oakland? lol

 

Pittsburgh and Philly. We don’t give a fuck about Philly.

 

Ok but you’re hours apart

 

just let me shit on Philly please

 

Baltimore vs dc? Dc thinks they are hot shit but it’s just super pretentious and judgmental and Baltimore doesn’t gaf about it

 

Israel doesn’t care about the territory they just have a blood thirst to kill as many Palestinians as possible and no I’m not exaggerating

 

St. Louis vs St. Charles is a big beef out here

 

Also St. Louis city vs st louis county

 

it’s just one of those things where they’ve accepted being a 2nd rate small city compared to Philly so they don’t even bother getting mad anymore

I enjoyed my one visit to Pittsburgh

 

Hey man don’t you live in Delaware

 

Yeah and like a lot of hours. It’s either a 5 hour drive on a windy toll filled road or a flight. Not comparable.

 

Having lived in both Pittsburgh is a much more enjoyable city to live in. In Philly if someone came to visit I’d have to ask “which part” before committing to be able to see them. In Pittsburgh the whole city is generally fun and accessible.

 

Philly makes San Fransisco look like the safest city on the plant

 

My girlfriend is from Reading and hates Philly and Pitts equally

 

I drove through reading once and it’s…not much

 

Yeah your girlfriend just doesn’t like cities

 

Don’t you live in Oklahoma?

 

Yeah so I’m not talking about cities I don’t live in

 

I’ve been to deleware and okalahoma. I pick Missouri

 

my little sister lives in Bentonville Arkansas because she works for “the man” (Walmart) but it’s actually a sick little town

 

I’m gonna be in St. Louis next month where should I stay for a couple days to avoid that dreaded crime