So it maintains an absolute grip over all legal media. using it to manipulate the population into believing that life is no better anywhere else. Those who manage to leave the country face further danger. denial of rights and threats to their lives. China stubbornly refuses to categorize North Koreans who flee horrific living conditions and persecution as refugees. instead labeling them economic migrants. This disingenuous. semantic trick relieves Beijing of its obligation to assist the North Koreans who escape into China in accordance with international conventions on refugees to which Beijing is a signatory. North Koreans are routinely arrested and abused by the Chinese authorities and sent back to North Korea where they are considered traitors. Upon return. they are arrested. likely tortured. and sometimes killed.
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