• barsoap@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It’s an euphemism, think similar connotations as “offer you can’t refuse”. OTOH might involve actual drinking of drinking-temperature tea, it’s China after all.

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      1 year ago

      So it’s a threat?

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        1 year ago

        It’s intimidation that’s for sure. But it’s better than being dragged in front of a random assortment of culture revolutionaries to be judged by whatever standard they come up with today.