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I see a lot of influencers acting like it's no big deal to travel to China. That it's as safe as any other Asian country. Meanwhile, for three years, China hold
by goldenkey 5y ago
I see a lot of influencers acting like it's no big deal to travel to China. That it's as safe as any other Asian country. Meanwhile, for three years, China holds Western hostages. Not a place I'd want to visit even with the technological cities like Shenzhen, the historical sites, the beautiful landscape and the ancient culture being so alluring [1]
I prefer to remain free*
* And instead take my chances getting maimed by an American cop at a traffic stop or protest [2] ;-)
[1] https://youtube.com/c/cnliziqi https://youtube.com/c/cnliziqi
[2] https://youtu.be/QFeewU0HhNE https://youtu.be/QFeewU0HhNE
- ghuin 5y agoDo they really take Western hostages often? What are the chances as a European nobody of being dragged into a Chinese jail?
- redis_mlc 5y agoIt's basically certain if you try to operate a drone, or post to social media, or if you visit Xianjing, or if you visit a small village and the cops report your visit, or if you have more than a couple memory cards for your camera, or if a local wants to bump their social credit score, or if you ever worked as an English teacher. Think visiting Nazi Germany in 1944, but in 2021.
- Barrin92 5y agodepending on the source the number of foreigners imprisoned in China over the last ten years seems to be about a few dozen to 200. About two million Europeans travel to China per year so very low. I'm German and have spent several months at a time in China over the last ten years. If you're just a random guy it's completely fine. Contrary to the other reply, posting on social media or teaching English doesn't land you in prison, and China isn't like Nazi Germany.