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>the places with the strictest border controls are often those that are quite desirable cheeky counterexample: North Korea
by TremendousJudge 7y ago
>the places with the strictest border controls are often those that are quite desirable
cheeky counterexample: North Korea
- layoutIfNeeded 7y agoNorth Korean border control is there to stop people from leaving, not entering.
- waterhouse 7y agoI presume it's also to keep out subversive foreign agents. And reporters. And people whose mere presence is suggestive of Western capitalism and therefore subversive. Something like that.
- longlivedeath 7y agoi.e. basically everyone
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoUhm, no: if you try to cross the border in they will shoot you just the same.
- luckylion 7y agoPay a bit of money in China and you'll have a visa in no time. That's doesn't work with, say, Switzerland, at least not with a similar amount of money.
- leereeves 7y agoMost countries (including Switzerland) have some form of investor's visa which is basically an official way to pay for a visa.
- Fnoord 7y agoMy aunt was forced to leave China as her husband's work there (for some multinational) was done. Instead, she started her own business (not for the money, but to have a presence which 'stimulates the local economy'). Now she's allowed to stay in China.