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Agreed, there's a lot of unthinking Sinophobia. I wish we had visa-less travel so more people could visit and see that it's not a scary place. It's a different
by adamsb6 5y ago
Agreed, there's a lot of unthinking Sinophobia.
I wish we had visa-less travel so more people could visit and see that it's not a scary place. It's a different system for sure, and you can be jailed for saying certain things, but that's true for almost everywhere except America. Germany jails holocaust deniers.
- gentleman11 5y agoI met an English teacher who did visit China not too long afo. They were arrested and interrogated for days in a concrete room until his government paid a bribe (called a fine) for his release. His crime was teaching English after some regional goon changed the rule silently near the end of his visit in order to extort people. My professor at the time talked about how this was common No thanks for the visit. Not to mention how china is detaining foreigners lately with death penalty sentences to blackmail other nations into obeying them (most recent example I can think of was Canada) State driven kidnapping and extortion really kill tourism
- nebula8804 5y agoAt least for Americans, I don't think many can afford to travel and those who do probably have considered visiting or have visited. Only ~1/3 of Americans have a valid passport. I assume part of it is due to the US itself being so vast and diverse that you can really explore this country and probably be content but also that ~51% of Americans have less than three months of emergency savings. Combine this with no legal mandated days off and its not looking good for a lot of the country.