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This community started as a way to share what I found interesting and help promote the instance. I had no expectations of it growing to the size it is right now. As a result, the basic rules of the community are no longer seem to be enough to keep up with the activity. I'm grateful to people who post, comment and have honest discussions, but lately more and more discussions are going off into off-topic and leads to personal attacks.

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Ruohui Yang is one of those students. He said he came to Canada in 2015 when he was 15 years old because his parents wanted him to study abroad.

In Canada, he said, he began learning things about his home country — such as details of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre — that challenged the Chinese government's version of events.

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"I do already receive lots of threatening [messages], lots of swearing words, insults on my different social media accounts," he said.

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In May, Amnesty International released a report on the experiences of Chinese dissidents abroad. The report said many Chinese international students attending foreign universities are living in a climate of fear.

"They feel compelled to self-censor and curtail their social and academic activities and relationships or else risk repercussions from the Chinese state," the report says.

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An organization called the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) is active on university campuses across the country.

A 2019 report by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) quotes the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) describing the CSSA as "an important support mechanism for international students studying abroad [that provides] a social and professional network for students."

But the NSICOP report also reported growing public alarm over the relationship between the CSSA and the Chinese government's embassies and consulates.

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Police said two attackers were "neutralised" after they opened fire in the Jaffa neighbourhood

Archived version: https://archive.ph/rSfd6

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fce3wykxzk81o

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US public sector workers’ retirement savings invested in projects that pump out a billion tonnes of emissions a year

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Llfwr

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbusiness%2F2024%2Foct%2F01%2Fprivate-equity-firms-us-pensions-fossil-fuel-projects

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Two waves of missiles pass over Jerusalem towards coastal cities with some being intercepted en route

Archived version: https://archive.ph/w97Rk

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2024%2Foct%2F01%2Firan-imminent-ballistic-missile-attack-israel-us-warns

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Albanian opposition lawmakers have violently disrupted a Parliament session to protest the imprisonment of a fellow legislator for alleged slander.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/fpnwP

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Falbania-opposition-parliament-violence-protest-6207d130213ef82cc3f92c5cd22f1391

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Dara, who has worked for international media outlets, previously worked for Cambodia’s Voice of Democracy, which was shut down by authorities last year

Archived version: https://archive.ph/g5f9k

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2024%2Foct%2F01%2Faward-winning-cambodian-journalist-mech-dara-arrested-say-rights-groups

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An explosive-loaded drone has crashed into one ship in the Red Sea as a missile exploded against another.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/8Buf9

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fyemen-houthi-rebels-red-sea-attacks-israel-hamas-war-2faa48176d4f773003b6a4a3ad5ca73d

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IDF says it has launched raids on villages close to the border ‘that pose an immediate threat to Israeli communities’, as Lebanon says Israeli strikes have killed 95 people in past 24 hours

Archived version: https://archive.ph/LQWKI

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2024%2Foct%2F01%2Fisrael-lebanon-attack-hezbollah-ground-operation-war-latest

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South Korea has unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile targeting North Korea. It did so during an Armed Forces Day ceremony Tuesday as the president warned that North Korea's regime will collapse if it attempts to use nuclear weapons.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Ei7xH

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fsouth-korea-missile-north-nuclear-7f2f8774b8ebbe697e611b14c06c1de5

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Campaigners call supermarket takeback schemes a diversion and say there is too much plastic packaging

Archived version: https://archive.ph/amFhW

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2024%2Foct%2F01%2Fsoft-plastic-collected-for-recycling-burned-tesco-sainsburys-campaigners

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The bus was returning from a field trip when it crashed and caught fire just outside Bangkok.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/1rGwM

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fc0jwqzzw986o

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The strike is set to significantly disrupt trade, creating uncertainty ahead of the US election.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/dfsbR

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fc3vkdp3rx17o

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that he was freed because “I pled guilty to journalism.” In his first public remarks since he was released from prison in June, Assange testified Tuesday to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, which includes lawmakers from 46 European countries, on legal affairs and human rights committee.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Ox4sF

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fjulian-assange-statement-council-europe-5373cfb854474deba0e5799b23cb8d2e

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‘Existential threat’ is a thin excuse: the out-of-control force that is pushing the Middle East to the brink is Israel itself, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Archived version: https://archive.ph/9XBQI

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fcommentisfree%2F2024%2Fsep%2F30%2Fwith-gaza-in-ruins-and-lebanon-under-siege-what-defence-remains-for-israels-actions

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Zeina and Alaa both suffered terrible burns in Gaza, but had to wait months to get out for treatment.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/i4BlH

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fcevyx3x8dr8o

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Casualties rising as assault on Hezbollah leaves war-weary nation apprehensive of more pain to come

Archived version: https://archive.ph/UJtC3

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2024%2Fsep%2F30%2Flebanon-reels-from-israeli-bombardment-with-no-sign-of-respite

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Health experts ask those eligible to ‘help reduce the burden on our hospitals’ over winter by booking in for free jabs

Archived version: https://archive.ph/nPhBW

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fsociety%2F2024%2Fsep%2F30%2Fnhs-warns-of-18000-flu-deaths-since-2022-as-it-urges-vaccination-uptake

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The militants killed in two September strikes in Syria were affiliated with the extremist "Islamic State" group and an al-Qaeda-linked group, the United States military said.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240929163951/https://www.dw.com/en/syria-us-airstrikes-kill-37-islamist-militants/a-70355869

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Fsyria-us-airstrikes-kill-37-islamist-militants%2Fa-70355869

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Russian officials say more than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down, sparking a wildfire and setting an apartment block alight in one of the largest barrages over Russian skies.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/6vIpB

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Frussia-ukraine-war-drone-attacks-voronezh-rostov-zaporizhzhia-f998200f2d4aee0ea7cbbe5725ed907a

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The Turkish public has been shocked by the murder of an 8-year-old girl. But Narin's case is by no means an isolated one. Experts say the government must do more to combat the problem of violence against children.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240930044313/https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-violence-against-children-a-neglected-problem/a-70310542

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Fturkey-violence-against-children-a-neglected-problem%2Fa-70310542

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Most of the victims are healthcare workers in the intensive care unit, the health minister says.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240930025311/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8el1ky2nd6o

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fc8el1ky2nd6o

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Pakistan's Balochistan province has been rocked by a series of attacks on Punjabi workers by separatist militants. Baloch nationalist groups accuse the central government and China of stealing the province's resources.

Archived version: https://archive.md/cn7vg

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Fpakistan-gunmen-kill-7-workers-in-balochistan%2Fa-70356937

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Graduate workers and student groups across the US are mapping university ties to militarism and Israel’s war on Gaza.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/CaYlO

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftruthout.org%2Farticles%2Fcampus-organizers-are-using-research-to-expose-and-oppose-the-global-war-machine%2F

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Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 123-mile border it shares with Russia, a move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/1WMyN

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fnorway-russia-border-fence-finland-migrants-arctic-dad4878a24fa550dd9eac9d1a6532274

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