This is what the Chinese government does to people who were merely _archiving_ old news articles. And we're supposed to believe Chinese government stats?
"Two amateur Chinese computer coders who were jailed after archiving deleted news articles about the pandemic’s initial outbreak are set to be released next week after more than a year behind bars, one of their relatives said Saturday.
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The two young men, who became friends when they were both teenagers, built an archive called Terminus2049 where they kept hundreds of censored articles that had been deleted from the Chinese internet. They also built a forum where people could discuss sensitive issues, including the anti-government protests in Hong Kong and the ruling Communist Party.
Friends and family have said what may have caught authorities’ attention appears to be their work in archiving articles showing China’s early pandemic response after the initial outbreak in the central city of Wuhan."
"Two amateur Chinese computer coders who were jailed after archiving deleted news articles about the pandemic’s initial outbreak are set to be released next week after more than a year behind bars, one of their relatives said Saturday.
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The two young men, who became friends when they were both teenagers, built an archive called Terminus2049 where they kept hundreds of censored articles that had been deleted from the Chinese internet. They also built a forum where people could discuss sensitive issues, including the anti-government protests in Hong Kong and the ruling Communist Party.
Friends and family have said what may have caught authorities’ attention appears to be their work in archiving articles showing China’s early pandemic response after the initial outbreak in the central city of Wuhan."