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China just sentenced Gui Minhai to 10 yrs in prison for the "crime" of selling books. His story reinforces two truths:

1. The Chinese vision of the world is outright incompatible with the free world's

2. The HK protesters are on the right side of history

Who is Gui Minhai?
Gui is a Hong Kong-based book seller with dual passports (Swedish + China). He published, among other things, titillating books exposing the Chinese leadership.

While in Thailand, he was kidnapped (Thailand & China have a compromise) by China's secret police.
This is why Hong Kongers have been vigorously protesting the extradition bill.

If the CCP was brazen enough to do this to Mr. Gui, a Swedish national in a foreign country, illegally, what would do to Hong Kong if they had carte blanche vis-a-vis the extradition bill?
China pushed his sentence after an unfair trial amid the coronavirus outbreak, hoping to bury it, but the message is loud and clear:

This isn't just an existential threat to Hong Kong. The Chinese government is a civilizational threat to the free world.
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