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First-hand experience with dictatorship

Shanghai: A security guard oversees compliance with the curfew
For many foreign residents, the lockdown in major Chinese cities is their first experience with the uncompromising nature of an authoritarian regime. Many of them feel helpless in the face of the government’s caprice. China’s relationship with democratic nations threatens to deteriorate further.
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Marcel Grzanna
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In less than three weeks, the perception of China of 19-year-old Lisa from Muenster has changed dramatically. “I have to completely revise my opinion. I always thought the criticism of this political system was completely exaggerated. Now I’m appalled at what it actually means to live in a dictatorship,” says the young woman, whose Chinese parents had already migrated from Shanghai to Germany decades ago to escape the authoritarian politics of the People’s Republic.

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