The request for exfiltration was a ruse, and the promised documentation and purported contact with a local dissident leader were merely bait.

要求空中接人只不过是一个诡计，所谓的文件和与当地反对派领导人的联络都是诱饵。

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Preventing successful companies from innovating in order to neuter the current market leader is a cure most certainly worse than the purported disease.

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